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Adolescence Intellectual Decline.
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Campbell, Patricia B. – 1973
The purposes of this study were to investigate adolescent intellectual decline, and to attempt to determine some of the sexual differences possibly inherent in the phenomenon. It was hypothesized that (1) girls would decline in greater numbers and to a greater degree than boys; and (2) areas and amounts of sex differences of the decliners would…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Intellectual Development, Intelligence Differences, Intelligence Tests
Feminine Intellectual Decline During Adolescence.
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Campbell, Patricia B. – 1974
The purpose of this study was to investigate further the relationship between sex and a decline of intellectual abilities during adolescence and to examine some personality differences between young women who declined in intellectual abilities during adolescence and those who did not. Differences examined were: need to be included, need to be…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Females, Intellectual Development
Intellective Functioning and Strategy Use in Children with Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus.
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Hagen, John W.; And Others – Child Development, 1990
Cognitive ability of nondiabetic children and early and late onset diabetic children was compared. Diabetic children scored in the normal range in intelligence and academic performance, but showed evidence of school difficulties and memory deficiencies. Children's perceived self-competence and parents' reports of children's functioning and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Age Differences, Competence
The Two- and Three-Dimensional Models of the HK-WISC: A Confirmatory Factor Analysis.
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Chan, David W.; Lin, Wen-Ying – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 1996
Confirmatory analyses on the Hong Kong Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (HK-WISC) provided support for composite score interpretation based on the two- and three-dimensional models across age levels. Test sample was comprised of 1,100 children, ranging in age from 5 to 15 years at all 11 age levels specified by the HK-WISC. (KW)
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Adolescents, Aptitude Tests, Children
Intellectual Patterns of Conduct Problem Children on the WISC-R.
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Paget, Kathleen D. – Psychology in the Schools, 1982
Analyzed WISC-R profiles of 42 conduct problem children to generate hypotheses concerning the children's intellectual strengths and weaknesses. Used a variety of subtest groupings to interpret ability patterns. Findings revealed relative strengths in perceptual organization skills, and weaknesses in skills that involve sequencing, memory, and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Problems, Children, Cognitive Style
Delinquency and IQ: Using Siblings To Find Sources of Variation.
Rowe, David C.; And Others – Advances in Applied Developmental Psychology, 1996
The research described in this article addressed the question of why siblings commonly have different developmental outcomes despite their common beginnings. The studies analyzed behavioral development, especially through examination of deviant behaviors and intellectual development, by tracing siblings' different life histories. The work is based…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adult Development, Context Effect, Delinquency
Adolescent Judgement in Relation to Situations Involving Change.
Crowther, E. M. – CORE: Collected Original Resources in Education, 1978
Adolescents, ages 11-12 and 13-14, were tested for maturity of judgment about stability-change situations and about time perspective. (CP)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes