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Article: The freedom to excel: Belief in free will predicts better academic performance
Title | The freedom to excel: Belief in free will predicts better academic performance |
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Keywords | Belief in free will Beliefs Task performance Academic performance |
Issue Date | 2016 |
Citation | Personality and Individual Differences, 2016, v. 90, p. 377-383 How to Cite? |
Abstract | © 2015 Elsevier Ltd. Increasing evidence supports the importance of beliefs in predicting positive outcomes in life. We examined the performance implications of the belief in free will as an abstract, philosophical belief that views the self as free from internal and external constraints and capable of choosing and directing one's own path. In Study 1 (N = 116, undergraduates), belief in free will was associated with higher performance on an academic proofreading task. In Study 2 (N = 614, undergraduates), we examined performance in real academic settings, and the belief in free will measured at the beginning of the semester predicted better course and semester grades at the end of the semester. Importantly, we found support for the distinctive contribution of the belief in free will in comparison to well-established predictors of academic performance - trait self-control and implicit theories. We conclude that individual differences in the endorsement of the belief in free will are a significant and unique predictor of academic achievement. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/250337 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 3.5 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.463 |
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dc.contributor.author | Feldman, Gilad | - |
dc.contributor.author | Chandrashekar, Subramanya Prasad | - |
dc.contributor.author | Wong, Kin Fai Ellick | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-12-28T07:57:23Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2017-12-28T07:57:23Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2016 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Personality and Individual Differences, 2016, v. 90, p. 377-383 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0191-8869 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/250337 | - |
dc.description.abstract | © 2015 Elsevier Ltd. Increasing evidence supports the importance of beliefs in predicting positive outcomes in life. We examined the performance implications of the belief in free will as an abstract, philosophical belief that views the self as free from internal and external constraints and capable of choosing and directing one's own path. In Study 1 (N = 116, undergraduates), belief in free will was associated with higher performance on an academic proofreading task. In Study 2 (N = 614, undergraduates), we examined performance in real academic settings, and the belief in free will measured at the beginning of the semester predicted better course and semester grades at the end of the semester. Importantly, we found support for the distinctive contribution of the belief in free will in comparison to well-established predictors of academic performance - trait self-control and implicit theories. We conclude that individual differences in the endorsement of the belief in free will are a significant and unique predictor of academic achievement. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Personality and Individual Differences | - |
dc.subject | Belief in free will | - |
dc.subject | Beliefs | - |
dc.subject | Task performance | - |
dc.subject | Academic performance | - |
dc.title | The freedom to excel: Belief in free will predicts better academic performance | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.paid.2015.11.043 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-84948843917 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 90 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 377 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 383 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000367411700064 | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 0191-8869 | - |