Sex differences in intelligence: A multi-measure approach using nationally representative samples from Romania

Intelligence

Volumn 58, Issue , 2016, Pages 54-61

  Iliescu, Dragos ^a   Ilie, Alexandra ^b   Ispas, Dan ^b   Dobrean, Anca ^c   Clinciu, Aurel Ion ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^b ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^d TRANSILVANIA UNIVERSITY OF BRASOV   (Romania)

Author keywords

Intelligence; Mean scores; Sex differences; Variance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84977509593     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2016.06.007     Document Type: Article

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