Cognitive Ability and Non-Ability Trait Predictors of Academic Achievement: A Four-Year Longitudinal Study.

ABSTRACT: Prediction of individual differences in academic achievement is one of the most prominent longstanding goals of differential psychology. Historically, the main source of prediction has been measures of intelligence and related cognitive abilities. Researchers have suggested that non-ability traits, such as personality, may also provide useful information in predicting academic achievement. Meta-analyses have indicated that there are significant correlations between such variables, but most of the existing studies have been conducted with cross-sectional designs, or with a limited inclusion of intelligence/cognitive ability variables, making it difficult to determine whether the non-ability measures provide incremental predictive validity for academic achievement. In this longitudinal study

SUBMITTER: Ackerman PL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12295058 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature