Gender differences and school influences with respect to three indicators of general intelligence: Evidence from Saudi Arabia

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 486-501

  Hein, Sascha ^a   Tan, Mei ^a   Aljughaiman, Abdullah ^b   Grigorenko, Elena L ^a,c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KING FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY OF PSYCHOLOGY AND EDUCATION   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Individual differences; Intelligence; Kingdom of saudi arabia; Multilevel analysis; School context

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930380112     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: 19392176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0037519     Document Type: Article

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