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Peer reviewedBamber, James H. – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 1974
This study investigated the self-reported fears and some personality characteristics of a sample of 1112 adolescents ranging in age from 12 to 18 years (attending grammar and secondary schools in Northern Ireland). (CS)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Fear, Intelligence Differences
Peer reviewedKellaghan, Thomas – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1977
Relationships between six home environment measures, achievement and intelligence tests were examined by stepwise multiple regression analyses for a sample of 60 eight-year old children. Home variables were most successful in predicting achievement test scores, less successful regarding culture-dependent intelligence test scores, and least…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Education, Family Environment
Peer reviewedMacKay, D. N.; Bankhead, I. – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1983
Groups of mentally retarded subjects matched for sex, chronological age, mental age, and length of institutionalization were observed on three reaction time tasks for which pre-response complexity varied. Down's Syndrome subjects did not differ from epileptic and undifferentiated retarded subjects in reaction time performance on any of the tasks.…
Descriptors: Auditory Stimuli, Downs Syndrome, Elementary Secondary Education, Epilepsy
