Trait complexes and academic achievement: Old and new ways of examining personality in educational contexts

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 27-40

  Ackerman, Phillip L ^a   Chamorro Premuzic, Tomas ^b   Furnham, Adrian ^c  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; CHARACTER; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; LEISURE; MOTIVATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ACHIEVEMENT; APTITUDE; CHARACTER; CHILD; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MOTIVATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 79952494488     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: 20448279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000709910X522564     Document Type: Article

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