Psychological correlates of university students' academic performance: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

M Richardson, C Abraham, R Bond - Psychological bulletin, 2012 - psycnet.apa.org
A review of 13 years of research into antecedents of university students' grade point average
(GPA) scores generated the following: a comprehensive, conceptual map of known …

A meta-analysis of the five-factor model of personality and academic performance.

AE Poropat - Psychological bulletin, 2009 - psycnet.apa.org
This article reports a meta-analysis of personality–academic performance relationships,
based on the 5-factor model, in which cumulative sample sizes ranged to over 70,000. Most …

The grit effect: Predicting retention in the military, the workplace, school and marriage

L Eskreis-Winkler, EP Shulman, SA Beal… - Frontiers in …, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Remaining committed to goals is necessary (albeit not sufficient) to attaining them, but very
little is known about domain-general individual differences that contribute to sustained goal …

Predicting school success: Comparing conscientiousness, grit, and emotion regulation ability

Z Ivcevic, M Brackett - Journal of research in personality, 2014 - Elsevier
The present paper examines validity of three proposed self-regulation predictors of school
outcomes–Conscientiousness, Grit and Emotion Regulation Ability (ERA). In a sample of …

The Big Five personality traits, learning styles, and academic achievement

M Komarraju, SJ Karau, RR Schmeck… - Personality and individual …, 2011 - Elsevier
Personality and learning styles are both likely to play significant roles in influencing
academic achievement. College students (308 undergraduates) completed the Five Factor …

Grit: perseverance and passion for long-term goals.

AL Duckworth, C Peterson, MD Matthews… - Journal of personality …, 2007 - psycnet.apa.org
The importance of intellectual talent to achievement in all professional domains is well
established, but less is known about other individual differences that predict success. The …

Do psychosocial and study skill factors predict college outcomes? A meta-analysis.

SB Robbins, K Lauver, H Le, D Davis… - Psychological …, 2004 - psycnet.apa.org
This study examines the relationship between psychosocial and study skill factors (PSFs)
and college outcomes by meta-analyzing 109 studies. On the basis of educational …

The contribution of personality traits and self‐efficacy beliefs to academic achievement: A longitudinal study

GV Caprara, M Vecchione, G Alessandri… - British journal of …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Background. The personal determinants of academic achievement and success have
captured the attention of many scholars for the last decades. Among other factors …

The economics and psychology of personality traits

L Borghans, AL Duckworth, JJ Heckman… - Journal of human …, 2008 - jhr.uwpress.org
This paper explores the interface between personality psychology and economics. We
examine the predictive power of personality and the stability of personality traits over the life …

Big Five personality predictors of post-secondary academic performance

MC O'Connor, SV Paunonen - Personality and Individual differences, 2007 - Elsevier
We reviewed the recent empirical literature on the relations between the Big Five personality
dimensions and post-secondary academic achievement, and found some consistent results …