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PERSONALITY FACTORS AND SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENT
Author(s) -
BUTCHER H. J.,
AINSWORTH M.,
NESBITT J. E.
Publication year - 1963
Publication title -
british journal of educational psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.557
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 2044-8279
pISSN - 0007-0998
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8279.1963.tb00590.x
Subject(s) - psychology , extraversion and introversion , personality , developmental psychology , assertiveness , anxiety , big five personality traits , social psychology , psychiatry
S ummary . 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.