Relationships between Academic Achievement and Personality Characteristics: A Quasi-Longitudinal Study.

Kifer, Edward

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Publication Date: 1975

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Relationships between Academic Achievement and Personality Characteristics: A Quasi-Longitudinal Study

Kifer, Edward

American Educational Research Journal, 12, 2, 191-210, Spr 75

Results support a model emphasizing the influence of histories of successful academic achievement on personality characteristics. Findings suggest that rewards for academic achievement provided by the home are related to both high academic achievement and positive personality characteristics. (Author/BJG)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Education, Family Influence, Individual Characteristics, Learning, Longitudinal Studies, Models, Personality, Personality Traits, Self Concept, Success

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