The Correlation Between Conscientiousness, Vocabulary Mastery, and Reading Achievement

Abstract

<p><em>The</em><em> literature say</em><em>s</em><em> that there is correlation between </em><em>conscientiousness</em><em> and </em><em>vocabulary </em><em>mastery</em><em> </em><em>toward reading achievement</em><em>. The objective of this article is to report the result of a correlational study between conscientiousness and vocabulary mastery toward reading achievement. This research used a correlation method. The population was the tenth grade students of SMAN 3 Boyolali in the academic year of 2013/2014. Class X-4 was taken as the sample by using cluster random sampling. The data were obtained by means of questionnaire and tests</em><em>. </em><em>The data were analysed by single correlation, multiple linear regression and multiple correlation.</em><em> The findings show</em><em>s</em><em> that </em><em>there a positive correlation between conscientiousness, students’ vocabulary mastery toward students’ reading achievement</em><em>,</em><em> both partially and simultaneously. The positive correlation indicated that the increase of students’ conscientiousness and vocabulary mastery will be followed by the increase of the students’ reading achievement.</em></p>