Title
There are no sex differences on g factor and specific abilities in children from two Brazilian capitals
Other title
[InexistĂŞncia de diferenças de sexo no fator g (inteligĂŞncia geral) e nas habilidades especĂfĂcas em crianças de duas capitais Brasileiras]
Date Issued
01 January 2007
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Publisher(s)
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
Abstract
This paper intended to verify sex differences on the g factor (general intelligence) and specific abilities from a sample of children from two Brazilian cities: Belo Horizonte (BH) and Porto Alegre (PA). The sample from BH (n=1,316) aged 5 to 11 years was examined with a battery of intilligence (CPM, Verbal Scale of WISC-III, R-2), psychomotor (Bender) and school achievement tests. The sample from PA (n=779) aged 5 to 11 years was examined with Matrices Progressives Raven. The analysis from these tests shows that the majority of sex differences on specific abilities are not statistically significant. The use of Method Correlated Vectors, which is a most sophisticated method of analyzing general intelligence (g factor), indicates that there are no sex differences. These results support the international records about non-existence of cognitive difference relate to sex in childhood and adolescence.
Start page
499
End page
506
Volume
20
Issue
3
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
PsicologĂa
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-42649127733
Source
Psicologia: Reflexao e Critica
ISSN of the container
01027972
Sources of information:
Directorio de ProducciĂłn CientĂfica
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