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Peer reviewedTsatsanis, Katherine D.; Fuerst, Darren R.; Rourke, Byron P. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1997
A study involving 152 children (ages 7-13) with learning disabilities assessed the relationships between age and psychosocial functioning, and the relationships among psychosocial functioning, cognitive abilities, and academic achievement. Results found no increase in psychopathology with advancing age and clear relationships between academic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Children, Cognitive Ability
Tal, Amos – Interchange on Educational Policy, 1982
A study examines environmental and personality factors as predictors of academic achievement among kibbutz and urban high school students. Results of a comparison of personality factors indicate that kibbutz students are more restrained, reserved, adaptable, and conforming. The higher scores of city students on intelligence tests may stem from a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Collective Settlements, Educational Environment, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedHart, Daniel; Atkins, Robert; Fegley, Suzanne – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 2003
Applied a person-centered approach to childhood personality development in 28 diverse samples of 3- to 6-year-olds studied over 6 years. Identified resilient, overcontrolled, and undercontrolled personality types. Found that the undercontrolled personality type related to intellectual decline over 6 years. The number of family risks predicted…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, At Risk Persons, Behavior Problems, Child Development
