Personality as a moderator of context effects on academic achievement

Journal of School Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 217-248

  Hendriks, A A Jolijn ^a   Kuyper, Hans ^a   Lubbers, Miranda J ^a,b   Van der Werf, Margaretha P C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Adolescents; Context effects; Moderator; Personality

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY; SCHOOL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STUDENT;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY; SCHOOLS; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS;

EID: 79955472514     PISSN: 00224405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsp.2010.12.001     Document Type: Article

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