Somatotype and intellectual ability (Raven Progressive Matrices Test) in Chilean school-age children.
| Autor: | Tapia LU; Laboratorio de Antropología Física y Anatomía Humana. Laboratorio de Técnicas Anatómicas. Instituto de Biología. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso. Valparaíso. Chile., Lizana PA, Orellana YZ, Villagrán FS, Arias VF, Almagià AF, Burrows RA, Ivanovic DM |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Nutricion hospitalaria [Nutr Hosp] 2013 Sep-Oct; Vol. 28 (5), pp. 1552-7. |
| DOI: | 10.3305/nh.2013.28.5.6735 |
| Abstrakt: | Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between somatotype and intellectual ability (IA) in 11-12 and 15-16 year-old students (n = 1,015) in the Chile's Metropolitan Region from a representative sample of 33 educational establishments chosen at random. Methods: The Heath-Carter somatotype and the IA assessed through the Raven Progressive Matrices Test were measured. Results: The endomorph was observed in 59% of the students; 28% had a mesomorph and 13% ectomorph. The IA was distributed in: 11.2% Grade I, 26.8% Grade II, 41% Grade III, 17.6% Grade IV and 3.2% Grade V. A positive and significant correlation of IA with the endomorphic component (r = 0.074, p = 0.02) was found in the total sample and only in females (r = 0.109, p = 0.02); at the same time, a positive and significant correlation with the ectomorph component was also observed (r = 0.067, p < 0.05). Conclusions: This suggests that other variables would influence more strongly the IA for which further research is needed to quantitate this multifactorial problem. (Copyright © AULA MEDICA EDICIONES 2013. Published by AULA MEDICA. All rights reserved.) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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