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Different Forces, Same Consequence : Conscientiousness and Competence Beliefs are Independent Predictors of Academic Effort and Achievement

Trautwein, Ulrich ; Lüdtke, Oliver ; Roberts, Brent W. ; Schnyder, Inge ; Niggli, Alois

In: Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2009, vol. 97, no. 6, p. 1115 – 1128

Conscientiousness and domain-specific competence beliefs are known to be highly important predictors of academic effort and achievement. Given their basis in distinct research traditions, however, these constructs have rarely been examined simultaneously. Three studies with 571, 415, and 1,535 students, respectively, found a moderate association between conscientiousness and competence beliefs,...