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Personality Traits Moderate the Big-Fish-Little--Pond Effect of Academic Self-Concept
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Jonkmann, Kathrin; Becker, Michael; Marsh, Herbert W.; Ludtke, Oliver; Trautwein, Ulrich – Learning and Individual Differences, 2012
Equally able students have lower academic self-concepts in high-achieving classrooms than in low-achieving classrooms. This highly general and robust frame of reference effect is widely known as the Big-Fish-Little-Pond Effect (BFLPE; Marsh, 1987). This study contributes to research aiming to identify moderators of the BFLPE by investigating the…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Self Concept, Animals, Personality Problems
Ability Emotional Intelligence, Trait Emotional Intelligence, and Academic Success in British Secondary Schools: A 5 Year Longitudinal Study
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Qualter, Pamela; Gardner, Kathryn J.; Pope, Debbie J.; Hutchinson, Jane M.; Whiteley, Helen E. – Learning and Individual Differences, 2012
This study examines the long-term effects of ability- and trait EI on academic performance for British adolescents. The sample comprised 413 students from three secondary schools in the North-West of England. Students completed tests of ability EI, trait EI, personality, and cognitive ability in Year 7 (mean age = 11 years 2 months). Performance…
Descriptors: Emotional Intelligence, Secondary School Students, Academic Achievement, Program Effectiveness
The Best Years of Our Lives? Coping with Stress Predicts School Grades, Life Satisfaction, and Feelings about High School
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MacCann, Carolyn; Lipnevich, Anastasiya A.; Burrus, Jeremy; Roberts, Richard D. – Learning and Individual Differences, 2012
This study examines whether problem-focused, emotion-focused, and avoidant coping strategies predict key outcomes in a sample of 354 high school students. The four outcomes considered are: academic achievement, life satisfaction, positive feelings towards school, and negative feelings towards school. Results demonstrate that coping incrementally…
Descriptors: Life Satisfaction, Personality Traits, Coping, Stress Management
Personality Traits and Intelligence Predict Academic School Grades
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Furnham, Adrian; Monsen, Jeremy – Learning and Individual Differences, 2009
This study examines the extent to which personality traits and intelligence scores predict school level academic performance (AP), (British GCSE: General Certificate of Secondary Education; America Grade 10) in different disciplines. The participant sample consisted of approximately 250 school pupils from three schools in the South East of…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Intelligence Quotient, Personality, Personality Measures
Does Homework Behavior Mediate the Relation between Personality and Academic Performance?
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Lubbers, Miranda J.; Van Der Werf, Margaretha P. C.; Kuyper, Hans; Hendriks, A. A. Jolijn – Learning and Individual Differences, 2010
Past research has consistently shown that there is a relation between personality and academic performance, but much less work has focused on explaining this relation. The present study examined whether three aspects of homework behavior, namely homework time, procrastination, and learning strategies, mediate the relation between personality and…
Descriptors: Homework, Personality Traits, Age, Student Attitudes