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Download full textDiCarlo, Margaret A.; And Others – 1995
Forty-three adolescents (11-16 years of age) attending a health care program, Project Alternatives, for "street children" in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, drew randomly assigned pictures of either the ideal man or woman, engaged in some activity. These drawings were compared to samples from adolescents in various parts of the world to assess…
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Disadvantaged Youth, Early Adolescents, Emotional Problems
Peer reviewedLatham, Michael C.; Cobos, Francisco – American Journal of Public Health, 1971
Reports a new body of longitudinal research concerning the role of malnutrition in retarded intellectual development. (JM)
Descriptors: Child Development, Field Studies, Handicapped Children, Hunger
Peer reviewedVelandia, Wilson; And Others – American Educational Research Journal, 1978
According to confluence theory, a child is helped or hindered in intellectual development according to the average absolute intelligence (mental age) in the family when the child is born. An analysis of test scores, family information, and socioeconomic data of 36,000 college applicants in Colombia failed to support this theory. (Author/CP)
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Birth Order, College Bound Students, Developing Nations
