Factor structure and sex differences on the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence in China, Japan and United States

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1222-1226

  Liu, Jianghong ^a   Lynn, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; IQ; Japan; Sex differences; United States; WPPSI

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953161347     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2011.02.013     Document Type: Article

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