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Komarraju, Meera; Karau, Steven J.; Schmeck, Ronald R. – Learning and Individual Differences, 2009
College students (308 undergraduates) completed the Five Factor Inventory and the Academic Motivations Scale, and reported their college grade point average (GPA). A correlation analysis revealed an interesting pattern of significant relationships. Further, regression analyses indicated that conscientiousness and openness explained 17% of the…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, College Students, Grade Point Average, Incentives
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Alfaro, Edna C.; Umana-Taylor, Adriana J. – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 2010
Guided by an ecological perspective, two competing models were tested to examine how sibling relationship quality directly predicted or interacted with academic support from siblings to predict Latino adolescents' academic motivation (N = 258). Gender differences were examined utilizing multiple group analysis in structural equation modeling.…
Descriptors: Siblings, Predictor Variables, Structural Equation Models, Student Motivation