Sex differences on the Standard Progressive Matrices and in educational attainment in Kuwait

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 175-182

  Abdel Khalek, Ahmed M ^a   Lynn, Richard ^b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Educational attainments; Kuwait; Sex differences; Standard Progressive Matrices

Indexed keywords

EID: 30344436401     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2005.06.020     Document Type: Article

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