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Subjective Well-Being Predictors of Academic Citizenship Behavior

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Two studies tested the hypothesis that SWB predicts unique variance in academic citizenship attitudes, even while accounting for personality traits. In Study 1, participants (n = 2,566) completed an online questionnaire assessing their positive and negative affect, ACBs and personality. The results indicated that positive affect predicted consideration, civic virtue, and conscientiousness, whereas negative affect predicted citizenship conscientiousness and sportsmanship while controlling for personality. In Study 2, participants (n = 260) completed measures of life satisfaction, ACBs and personality. The results showed that life satisfaction predicted all ACBs while controlling for personality. Based on these results, it can be concluded that SWB is an important predictor of ACBs. Implications for the selection of student aids in academic settings are discussed.

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    Jonathan S. Gore, Tela Davis, Gavin Spaeth, Adrienne Bauer & Jerry K. Palmer

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Gore, J.S., Davis, T., Spaeth, G. et al. Subjective Well-Being Predictors of Academic Citizenship Behavior. Psychol Stud 59, 299–308 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12646-014-0235-0

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