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Personality as a moderator of context effects on academic achievement.
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PMID:  21530765     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Data-Review    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
We investigated whether personality moderates group influence of classmates on academic achievement and whether these so-called context effects can be attributed to peer pressure. The sample consisted of 2498 students in their first year of Dutch secondary education. The data were analyzed by a two-level (students within classes) analysis, separately for boys (n=1033, in 92 classes) and girls (n=1465, in 119 classes). For both sexes, we found a context effect on Dutch language achievement but not on mathematics achievement. Emotional Stability appeared a moderator of this context effect but for girls only. The results suggest further that peer pressure is not a likely mechanism of group influence of classmates on academic achievement.
Authors:
A A Jolijn Hendriks; Hans Kuyper; Miranda J Lubbers; Margaretha P C Van der Werf
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2011-02-17
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of school psychology     Volume:  49     ISSN:  1873-3506     ISO Abbreviation:  J Sch Psychol     Publication Date:  2011 Apr 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-05-02     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0050303     Medline TA:  J Sch Psychol     Country:  United States    
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Languages:  eng     Pagination:  217-48     Citation Subset:  IM    
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Copyright © 2011 Society for the Study of School Psychology. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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