Influence of Personality Traits, Goals, Academic Efficacy, and Stressload on Final Grades in Swedish High School Students
(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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- author
- Ollfors, Marianne LU and Andersson, Sven Ingmar LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2022
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- academic efficacy, Adolescent stress, extraversion, final grades, neuroticism, personality, school achievement goals
- in
- Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research
- volume
- 66
- issue
- 7
- pages
- 1204 - 1220
- publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85116819152
- ISSN
- 0031-3831
- DOI
- 10.1080/00313831.2021.1983644
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- additional info
- Publisher Copyright: © 2021 Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research.
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- fae9362c-738c-421a-8cd9-50800d05c08b
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- 2021-11-16 17:53:31
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- 2023-01-16 10:15:00
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