Conscientious students: More successful at school, none the happier for it

dc.creator	Jovanović Veljko
dc.creator	Jerković Ivan
dc.date	2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-08-12T11:17:01Z
dc.date.available	2015-08-12T11:17:01Z
dc.identifier	10.2298/ZIPI1201059J
dc.identifier	0579-6431
dc.identifier	1820-9270
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/a1a16a125b3442bda38a6233b888d4b9
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/26032
dc.description	The results of numerous studies indicate that besides intellectual abilities, personality features figure as the strongest predictors of academic achievement. This research is aimed at exploring the relationship between personality features and academic achievement in secondary school students, as well as at testing whether academic achievement is one of the mechanisms suitable for explaining the relationship between personality features and the subjective well-being of students. The research included 408 students, with the average age of 16 years and 6 months. The results indicate that in both girls and boys a significant predictor of academic achievement is only the feature of conscientiousness. However, in conscientious students, higher academic achievement does not yield higher satisfaction with school and life, nor more frequent experiencing of pleasant emotions. Academic achievement is neither connected with openness towards experience nor with curiosity. The paper discusses practical implications of these findings and offers suggestions for future research. [Ministarstva nauke Republike Srbije, br. 179006: Nasledni, sredinski i psihološki činioci mentalnog zdravlja i br. 179022: Efekti egzistencijalne nesigurnosti na pojedinca i porodicu u Srbiji]
dc.language	Serbian
dc.publisher	Institut za pedagoška istraživanja
dc.relation	http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0579-6431/2012/0579-64311201059J.pdf
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/0579-6431
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1820-9270
dc.source	Zbornik Instituta za Pedagoška Istraživanja, Vol 44, Iss 1, Pp 59-73 (2012)
dc.subject	personality features
dc.subject	academic achievement
dc.subject	subjective well-being
dc.subject	school system
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Conscientious students: More successful at school, none the happier for it
dc.type	article