The Eysenckian personality factors and their correlations with academic performance

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 41-58

  Poropat, Arthur E ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; EXTRAVERSION; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MOTIVATION; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; EXTRAVERSION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952499010     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: 20448279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000709910X497671     Document Type: Article

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