Personality Traits and Educational Identity Formation in Late Adolescents: Longitudinal Associations and Academic Progress

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 346-361

  Klimstra, Theo A ^a   Luyckx, Koen ^a   Germeijs, Veerle ^a   Meeus, Wim H J ^b   Goossens, Luc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Big five; Educational identity; Five factor model; Identity formation; Personality traits

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERSONALITY TEST; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BELGIUM; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; CURRICULUM; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856771153     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-011-9734-7     Document Type: Article

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