Achievement-Relevant Personality: Relations with the Big Five and Validation of an Efficient Instrument.
Many achievement-relevant personality measures (APMs) have been developed, but the interrelations among APMs or associations with the broader personality landscape are not well-known. In Study 1, 214 participants were measured on 36 APMs and a measure of the Big Five. Factor analytic results supported the convergent and discriminant validity of five latent dimensions: performance, mastery, self-doubt, effort, and intellectual investment. Conscientiousness, neuroticism, and openness to experience had the most consistent associations with APMs. We constructed a more efficient scale- the Multidimensional Achievement-Relevant Personality Scale (MAPS). In Study 2, we replicated the factor structure and external correlates of the MAPS in a sample of 359 individuals. Finally, we validated the MAPS with four indicators of academic performance and demonstrated incremental validity.
Department of Psychology and Population Research Center, University of Texas at Austin.
Daniel A
DA
Briley
Department of Psychology, University of Virginia.
Matthew
M
Domiteaux
Department of Psychology and Population Research Center, University of Texas at Austin.
Elliot M
EM
Tucker-Drob
Academic Achievement; Achievement-Relevant Personality; Approaches to Learning; Big Five; Effort; Intellectual Investment