Increased educational level is related with higher IQ scores but lower g-variance: Evidence from the standardization of the WAIS-R for Italy

Intelligence

Volumn 50, Issue , 2015, Pages 68-74

  Tommasi, Marco ^a   Pezzuti, Lina ^c   Colom, Roberto ^b   Abad, Francisco J ^b   Saggino, Aristide ^a   Orsini, Arturo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Education; Intelligence; Psychological assessment; Wechsler's scales

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925003662     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2015.02.005     Document Type: Article

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