Personality traits and academic performance: Correcting self-assessed traits with vignettes.

In this study, we investigate whether Conscientiousness, Emotional Stability and Risk Preference relate to student performance in higher education. We employ anchoring vignettes to correct for heterogeneous scale use in these non-cognitive skills. Our data are gathered among first-year students at a...

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Main Authors: Johan Coenen, Bart H H Golsteyn, Tom Stolp, Dirk Tempelaar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0248629