Associations of ethnicity and SES with IQ and achievement in spina bifida meningomyelocele

Journal of Pediatric Psychology

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 927-936

  Swartwout, Maegan D ^a   Garnaat, Sarah L ^a   Myszka, Katherine A ^a   Fletcher, Jack M ^a   Dennis, Maureen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b Hospital for Sick Children   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

academic functioning; family functioning; race ethnicity; spina bifida

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAMILY; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957126800     PISSN: 01468693     EISSN: 1465735X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsq001     Document Type: Article

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