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Influence of Personality Traits, Goals, Academic Efficacy, and Stressload on Final Grades in Swedish High School Students

Ollfors, Marianne LU and Andersson, Sven Ingmar LU (2022) In Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research 66(7). p.1204-1220
Abstract

The influence of personality factors, school achievement goals, academic efficacy, and stressload of serious problems on final grades was studied by giving a questionnaire, The Perceived Stress and Control Assessment Scale, to 915 Swedish high school students. A new measure, Stressload Index, was created by extending the Control-Stress Index. Structural Equation Modeling analysis revealed that the variance in final grades was explained by four predictors, namely academic efficacy, stressload of serious problems, neuroticism, and extraversion, to 13%, academic efficacy contributing most. The effect of stressload of serious problems was shown to be negative. The influence of extraversion was negative, whereas neuroticism had a positive... (More)

The influence of personality factors, school achievement goals, academic efficacy, and stressload of serious problems on final grades was studied by giving a questionnaire, The Perceived Stress and Control Assessment Scale, to 915 Swedish high school students. A new measure, Stressload Index, was created by extending the Control-Stress Index. Structural Equation Modeling analysis revealed that the variance in final grades was explained by four predictors, namely academic efficacy, stressload of serious problems, neuroticism, and extraversion, to 13%, academic efficacy contributing most. The effect of stressload of serious problems was shown to be negative. The influence of extraversion was negative, whereas neuroticism had a positive effect on final grades.

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academic efficacy, Adolescent stress, extraversion, final grades, neuroticism, personality, school achievement goals
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Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research
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66
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1204 - 1220
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0031-3831
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10.1080/00313831.2021.1983644
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