Psychological Development and Education ›› 2011, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (2): 151-157.

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The Relationship among Adolescents’ Meta-cognition, Big Five Personality and Academic Adaptive Behavior

NIE Yan-gang, YANG An, ZENG Min-xia   

  1. Department of Psychology, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006
  • Online:2011-03-15 Published:2011-03-15

Abstract: The current study attempted to explore the cognitive mechanism of adolescents' academic adaptive behavior and the role of personality traits in this relationship.Meta-cognition Scale,NEO-FFI,and Scale of adaptiv Behavior for Adolescent were administered to 985 middle school students selected from four schools.The results indicated that:(1) school and grade differences were found on the scores of meta-cognition and academic adaptive behavior.(2) Academic adaptive behavior,meta-cognition and personality traits were significantly correlated.(3) Big five personality mediated the relationship between meta-cognition and academic adaptive behavior.

Key words: meta-cognition, Big five personality, academic adaptive behavior, adolescent

CLC Number: 

  • B844.2
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