Gender and its contribution to the prediction of cognitive abilities at 5 years

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 267-274

  Andersson, Helle W ^a   Sonnander, Karin ^b   Sommerfelt, Kristian ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cognitive abilities; Environment; Gender differences; Prediction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORWAY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORWAY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0032238223     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9450.00086     Document Type: Article

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