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THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PERSONALITY CHARACTERISTICS AND SCHOLASTIC SUCCESS IN ELEVEN‐YEAR‐OLD CHILDREN
Author(s) -
RUSHTON JAMES
Publication year - 1966
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.2044-8279.1966.tb01867.x
Subject(s) - psychology , personality , extraversion and introversion , developmental psychology , test (biology) , big five personality traits , social psychology , paleontology , biology
S ummary . Teacher ratings of personality and ability on 458 children aged 11 years were obtained as were their scores on a personality questionnaire and tests of cognitive ability. The scores were intercorrelated. The major finding was that, according to the C.P.Q. test and teacher ratings, well adjusted, extravert children have higher scholastic attainment.