Robust and specific personality traits as predictors of adolescents' final grades and GPA at the end of compulsory schooling

European Journal of Psychology of Education

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1181-1199

  Vitulić, Helena Smrtnik ^a   Zupančič, Maja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Adolescence; Basic compulsory school; Multiple informants; Personality traits

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892366967     PISSN: 02562928     EISSN: 18785174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10212-012-0161-2     Document Type: Article

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