Predicting school success: Comparing Conscientiousness, Grit, and Emotion Regulation Ability

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 52, Issue , 2014, Pages 29-36

  Ivcevic, Zorana ^a   Brackett, Marc ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conscientiousness; Emotion Regulation Ability; Grit; School success

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904250438     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2014.06.005     Document Type: Article

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