Trait self-control is significantly associated with major GPA beyond fluid reasoning and conscientiousness in vocational trainees¶

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Subclaims¶

q3 i? Higher trait self-control predicts higher major GPA (β = 0.07, p = 0.008) after controlling for fluid reasoning, conscientiousness, gender, age, HISEI, and migration status. → Schmidt FTC 2020

Evidence¶

Schmidt FTC 2020¶

Schmidt FTC, Lindner C, Etzel JM and Retelsdorf J (2020) Self-Control Outdoes Fluid Reasoning in Explaining Vocational and Academic Performance—But Does It? Front. Psychol. 11:757. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00757

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Simultaneous multivariate multiple regression in Mplus with cluster-robust standard errors on N = 3,146 vocational trainees; Table 2 prints the TSC slope for mGPA as 0.07 [0.02, 0.11], p = 0.008, showing "higher trait self-control was associated with higher mGPA".

"On average, higher trait self-control was associated with higher mGPA but not with higher test scores in mathematics and physics."

Discussion¶

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