Academic achievement: The unique contribution of self-efficacy beliefs in self-regulated learning beyond intelligence, personality traits, and self-esteem

► Individual predictors of academic achievement at eighth grade were investigated. ► A strong stability between previous and later academic achievement has been found. ► Openness, extraversion, and intelligence predict academic achievement. ► Self-esteem does not predict academic achievement. ► Self-efficacy beliefs in self-regulated learning predict academic achievement.