Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.32903/zs.65.1-2.3
The Relation between Big Five Personality Traits and School Achievement in High School Students
Doris Matošić
; Kineziološki fakultet Sveučilišta u Splitu, Sveučilište u Splitu, Republika Hrvatska
Abstract
The purpose of the study was to investigate the relation between Big Five personality traits and high school achievement in two time points; at the beginning of the third grade (T1) and at the end of the fourth grade (T2) of high school. The sample included 421 high school students between 16 and 19 years old. The study used adapted version of Big Five Inventory to assess personality traits. High school achievement was measured via students’ grade point average (GPA), and their final behaviour grade that was based on the number of unexcused absences from school. The main analysis included two hierarchical regression analyses conducted in each time point. In both time points, gender showed significant relation with the GPA and final behaviour grade. Specifically, female high school students achieved higher GPA and final behaviour grade comparing to male high school students. Moreover, agreeableness and openness to experience were significant positive predictors of GPA, and neuroticism was a significant negative predictor of GPA in first time point. No personality traits were significantly related to GPA and final behaviour grade in second time point. The results explain the relation between specific personality traits and high school achievement in two time points.
Keywords
behaviour; education; grade point average; high school students; personality traits
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233536
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Publication date:
2.12.2019.
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