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Cognitive Ability and Health-Related Behaviors during Adolescence: A Prospective Study across Five Years
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Ciarrochi, Joseph; Heaven, Patrick C. L.; Skinner, Timothy – Intelligence, 2012
Longitudinal research on the links between intelligence and health behaviors among adolescents is rare. We report longitudinal data in which we assessed the relationships between intelligence as assessed in Grade 7 and consequential health outcomes in Grade 11. The mean age of respondents (N = 420; 188 males, 232 females) was 12.30 years (SD =…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Exercise, Economic Status, Smoking
Do Sex Differences in a Faceted Model of Fluid and Crystallized Intelligence Depend on the Method Applied?
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Steinmayr, Ricarda; Beauducel, Andre; Spinath, Birgit – Intelligence, 2010
Recently, different methodological approaches have been discussed as an explanation for inconsistencies in studies investigating sex differences in different intelligences. The present study investigates sex differences in manifest sum scores, factor score estimates, and latent verbal, numerical, figural intelligence, as well as fluid and…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Intelligence Tests, Factor Analysis, Effect Size
The Development of Serial Short-Term Memory and the Articulatory Loop Hypothesis.
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Cohen, Ronald L.; Heath, Michele – Intelligence, 1990
The working memory hypothesis that the development of span in children is related to increasing proficiency in the use of an articulatory loop was tested in two studies with 120 Canadian children in grades 5 and 6 and 11 and 12. Some support was found for the hypothesis. (SLD)
Descriptors: Child Development, Children, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes