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  • Academic performance is linked to intelligence and noncognitive factors like conscientiousness.
  • Existing research presents conflicting views on how these factors interact to predict academic success.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if conscientiousness compensates for intelligence or synergistically enhances its effect on academic performance.
  • To examine these relationships in a large sample of German secondary school students.

Main Methods:

  • Latent moderation analyses were employed to examine the interplay between intelligence and conscientiousness.
  • Multigroup models were used to detect potential gender and socioeconomic status (SES) differences.

Main Results:

  • Both intelligence and conscientiousness showed positive main effects on student grades.
  • Synergistic interactions were found in predicting performance in biology, mathematics, and German.
  • The positive link between intelligence and grades was stronger for more conscientious students.
  • Gender differences were observed in biology, with conscientiousness having a stronger effect on intelligent men.

Conclusions:

  • Conscientiousness acts as a significant enhancer of intelligence's effect on academic performance across several subjects.
  • The findings highlight the importance of considering noncognitive factors alongside cognitive abilities for a comprehensive understanding of academic achievement.