Self-assessed intelligence: Inter-ethnic, rural-urban, and sex differences in Malaysia

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 51-55

  Swami, Viren ^a,b   Furnham, Adrian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b HELP UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethnic differences; Malaysia; Rural urban differences; Self assessed intelligence; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 71249145573     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2009.11.002     Document Type: Article

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