Defining Prediction Model of Academic Progress Based on Personality Traits Mediated by Academic Skills for Students of Medicine in Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Science

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somayeh Shabani ¹ , hasan pasha sharifi ² , malek mirhashemi ³ , soghra ebrahimi ghavam ⁴

1 - roudehen
2 - roudehen
3 - roudehan
4 - Tehran

Received: 2019-06-18 Accepted : 2019-06-18 Published : 2018-08-23

Keywords: Personality traits, academic progress, academic skills, structural equation modeling,

Abstract :

The   present research is to define an anticipation model of academic progress   based on personality traits mediated by academic skills using structural   equation modeling. Multistage cluster sampling method was conducted in Shahid   Beheshti University of Medical Science to select a sample of 419 students to   complete the Revised NEO Personality Inventory (NEO PI-I). To explore   relationships among variables, structural equation method was applied. The   structural model among variables (academic progress, academic skills and   personality traits ) indicated goodness of fit. The results showed   coefficient of relationship between emotional instability and academic   progress as negative and coefficients related to other traits as positive.   Furthermore the coefficient of relationship between personality trait of   openness to experience and academic progress was not significant. Also, the   results supported the research hypothesis about the mediating role of   academic skills respected to the relationship between personality traits and   academic progress.