Personality Factors and School Achievement

A Comparison of British and American Children

Bibliographic Data

ID5264010
AuthorsH J Butcher, Helen Butcher (University of Manchester), Mary D Salter Ainsworth, M Ainsworth, J E Nesbitt, Jessi Nesbitt (University of Manchester)
Year1963
Volume33
Issue3
Pages276-285
Publication date1963-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBritish Journal of Educational Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0007-0998 • E-ISSN: 2044-8279
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.2044-8279.1963.tb00590.x
OpenAlexW1582859457
LanguageEN
Citations received7

Samples of 12-14 year-old British and American children were tested with Cattell's HSPQ, and their mean scores compared on fourteen personality factors and two second-order factors (extraversion and anxiety). Significant differences were found on a number of factors and, in particular, the British children were found to be less sociable, more assertive and less conscientious. The pattern of prediction of school achievement was compared, and the same factors were in general found to be related to school achievement in both countries

Anxiety · Assertiveness · Big Five personality traits · Developmental psychology · Extraversion and introversion · Personality · Psychiatry · Education, Achievement, and Giftedness · Personality Traits and Psychology · Psychology · Social Psychology

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