The relationships between personality traits and students' academic achievement

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue , 2011, Pages 836-845

  Hakimi, Soraya ^a   Hejazi, Elaheh ^a   Lavasani, Masoud Gholamali ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Personality traits

Indexed keywords

EID: 84555187943     PISSN: 18770428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2011.11.312     Document Type: Conference Paper

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