Using personality and cognitive ability to predict academic achievement in a young adult sample

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 709-714

  Alexander Beaujean, A ^a   Firmin, Michael W ^b   Attai, Shanna ^a   Johnson, Courtney B ^c   Firmin, Ruth L ^c   Mena, Kena E ^b  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CEDARVILLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Cognitive ability; Five Factor Model; Latent variable model; University students

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961211354     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2011.06.023     Document Type: Article

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