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Peer reviewedShangi, Lennard M. – Journal of Black Studies, 1983
A study of mental ability and reading comprehension as a function of sex and race in Trinidad contradicts a large body of North American literature advocating a hereditary-related Black intellectual inferiority. Results suggest that intellectual differences between racial groups in a given society reflect variables associated with racial…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Blacks, Foreign Countries, Genetics
Peer reviewedAro, A. R.; Hakonen, A.; Hietala, M.; Lonnqvist, J.; Niemela, P.; Peltonen, L; Aula, P. – Patient Education and Counseling, 1997
Effects of age, education, and gender on acceptance of genetic testing were studied. Finnish participants responded to a questionnaire presenting reasons for and against genetic testing (N=1,967). Intentions to take genetic tests, worries, and experience of genetic test or hereditary disease were also assessed. Results are presented and discussed.…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attitudes, Family Health, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedBoutin, Pierrette; And Others – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1997
A Canadian study compared the rate of cognitive disabilities in 156 relatives of 49 individuals with autism to that found in 55 relatives of 18 individuals with mental retardation. No differences were found; however, female and low IQ individuals were found to have higher family histories of cognitive disabilities. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Adults, Autism, Cognitive Ability, Family Characteristics
Peer reviewedWilson, James Q. – Public Interest, 1993
Explores differences between males and females and their manifestation in biology and culture. Cultures differ, not in whether they cope with the socialization of males to invest in child rearing, but in how they deal with this problem. Issues of gender and power and gender and child rearing are discussed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Biological Influences, Child Rearing, Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences
Peer reviewedGill, C. E.; And Others – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 1985
This study analyzed the Tertiary Admission Examination and Australian Scholastic Aptitude Test results for 264 pairs of 17-year-old monozygotic and dizygotic twins in Western Australia to determine if examination performance is influenced by environmental or genetic factors. Purely environmental models are rejected as inadequate explanations of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Analysis of Covariance, Cognitive Ability, Environmental Influences
Download full textLange, Anna-Lena – 1996
This longitudinal study investigated hereditary and environmental influences on life situation, self-reported health, and coping ability at mid-life in relation to background factors collected during adolescence. A nationally representative Swedish sample comprised of monozygotic (MZ) and dizygotic (DZ) twins; a control group of singletons was…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Adults, Classroom Environment
Courrier, 1980
This special issue of the "Courrier," a journal for professionals concerned with issues related to the physical and psychological development of children, provides (1) an overview of 25 years of internationally coordinated research, (2) a selection of papers published by the research teams, and (3) a description of the teams and their…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Behavior Development, Children
