Oi?Man Kwok|Jan N. Hughes|Wen Luo
Role of resilient personality on lower achieving first grade students' current and future achievement
Texas A&M University|Texas A&M University|Texas A&M University
study investigated measurement model personality resilience contribution personality resilience lower achieving first grade students academic achievement participants 445 ethnically diverse children entrance first grade scored school district median test literacy participants administered individual achievement test first grade 1 year later confirmatory factor analysis confirmed secondorder latent construct resilient personality defined teacherrated conscientiousness agreeableness egoresiliency distinct measures externalizing behaviors iq using latent structural equation modeling controlling baseline economic adversity iq externalizing symptoms resilient personality predicted childrens concurrent future achievement controlling also baseline achievement prospective analyses model fit invariant across gender