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Personality predictors of academic outcomes: Big five correlates of GPA and SAT scores.

Noftle, Erik E., Robins, Richard W.·2007·Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
DOI 10.1037/0022-3514.93.1.116
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The authors examined relations between the Big Five personality traits and academic outcomes, specifically SAT scores and grade-point average (GPA). Openness was the strongest predictor of SAT verbal scores, and Conscientiousness was the strongest predictor of both high school and college GPA. These relations replicated across 4 independent samples and across 4 different personality inventories. Further analyses showed that Conscientiousness predicted college GPA, even after controlling for high school GPA and SAT scores, and that the relation between Conscientiousness and college GPA was mediated, both concurrently and longitudinally, by increased academic effort and higher levels of perceived academic ability. The relation between Openness and SAT verbal scores was independent of academic achievement and was mediated, both concurrently and longitudinally, by perceived verbal intelligence. Together, these findings show that personality traits have independent and incremental effects on academic outcomes, even after controlling for traditional predictors of those outcomes. ((c) 2007 APA, all rights reserved).

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Authors
Noftle, E. E., & Robins, R. W.
Affiliations
University of California, Davis (US)
ORCID
Robins, Richard W.
Venue
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
Publisher
American Psychological Association (APA)
Published
2007-07
Volume
93
Issue
1
Pages
116-130
ISSN
  • 0022-3514 (ISSN-L)
  • 1939-1315
DOI
10.1037/0022-3514.93.1.116
OpenAlex
W2143773402
Cited by
1,068
References
93
Citations by year
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FWCI
27.54
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institute of Mental Health (MH-20006)
  • National Institute on Aging (AG022057-01)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Grit, Self-Efficacy, and Motivation
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Education, Achievement, and Giftedness
Keywords
Big Five personality traits, conscientiousness, openness to experience, academic performance, grade point average, SAT scores, academic effort, mediation
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Aptitude Tests, Character, Educational Measurement, Educational Status, Female, Humans, Male, Personality Inventory, Statistics as Topic

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