Different forces, same consequence
Conscientiousness and competence beliefs are independent predictors of academic effort and achievement
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6203059 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ulrich Trautwein (0000-0003-0647-0057, Max Planck Society), Oliver Lüdtke (0000-0001-9744-3059, Max Planck Society), Brent W Roberts (0000-0002-3244-1164, University of Illinois Chicago), Inge Schnyder (University of Fribourg), Alois Niggli (0000-0003-4680-1463, Haute École Pédagogique Fribourg) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 97 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 1115-1128 |
| Publication date | 2009-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037/a0017048 |
| PMID | 19968422 |
| OpenAlex | W2074483607 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 56 |
| References cited | 45 |
Conscientiousness and domain-specific competence beliefs are known to be highly important predictors of academic effort and achievement. Given their basis in distinct research traditions, however, these constructs have rarely been examined simultaneously. Three studies with 571, 415, and 1,535 students, respectively, found a moderate association between conscientiousness and competence beliefs. Both conscientiousness and competence beliefs meaningfully predicted academic effort, irrespective of how academic effort was measured (single-measurement questionnaire or diary data). The associations of competence beliefs with academic effort were highly domain specific, whereas conscientiousness was predictive of academic effort across a wide range of academic subjects. Conscientiousness and competence beliefs were also associated with academic achievement. Figural and verbal reasoning ability, although associated with academic achievement, only loosely predicted academic effort
Academic achievement · Big Five personality traits · Competence (human resources) · Conscientiousness · Developmental psychology · Extraversion and introversion · Personality · Education, Achievement, and Giftedness · Emotional Intelligence and Performance · Personality Traits and Psychology · Psychology · Social Psychology
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