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Publication Date: 2010-Jan
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Personality, Approaches to Learning and Achievement
Swanberg, Anne Berit; Martinsen, Oyvind Lund
Educational Psychology, v30 n1 p75-88 Jan 2010
The present study investigated the relationships between the five-factor model of personality, approaches to learning and academic achievement. Based on the previous research, we expected approaches to have a mediating effect between personality and academic achievement. Six hundred and eighty-seven business students participated in a survey; 56% were female and 44% were male. Their average age was 24.8 years. The results showed that conscientiousness and openness were mediated by the strategic and the deep approach, respectively, in relation to achievement. Additionally, neuroticism had both a direct and an indirect effect on achievement through the surface approach. We also found that the three approaches to learning explained variance in achievement beyond personality when using hierarchical regression analysis. Limitations and implications for future research are discussed. (Contains 5 tables and 1 figure.)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Personality Traits, Cognitive Style, Business Administration Education, Surveys, Neurosis, Regression (Statistics), Questionnaires, Correlation, Structural Equation Models, Measures (Individuals)
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Language: English
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