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Openness and Postsecondary Academic Performance: A Meta-Analysis of Facet-, Aspect-, and Dimension-Level Correlations
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Gatzka, Thomas; Hell, Benedikt – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2018
Openness to experience has often been linked to academic achievement because it subsumes traits such as curiosity, open-mindedness, thoughtfulness, and intellectuality. However, recent meta-analyses have reported rather small true correlation estimates. In this article, we first provide a comprehensive rationale for a relationship between openness…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Academic Achievement, Correlation, Meta Analysis