Relationship between socioeconomic factors and intelligence of preschoolers: A cohort study in the Serbian context
| Autor: | Ambra Gentile, Željko Krneta, Ivana Milovanović, Milica Popović-Stijačić |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Ivana Milovanovic, Ambra Gentile, Milica Popović-Stijačić, Zeljko Krneta |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Socioeconomic factor
05 social sciences Intelligence Raven’s coloured progressive matrice Social environment 050109 social psychology Context (language use) Cognition Logistic regression 050105 experimental psychology Confirmatory factor analysis Developmental psychology Raven's Progressive Matrices Pre-schooler 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Family Psychology Socioeconomic status General Psychology Cohort study |
| Popis: | The aim of the current research is to analyse the relationship between the socioeconomic status (SES) of parents and intellectual abilities (IQ) of preschool children of Serbian territory, and in particular how SES factors relate to preschool children’s IQ measured with Raven’s Coloured Progressive Matrices (CPM), in the different age groups. The research included 430 parents and 430 preschool children. A confirmatory factor analysis of the SES questionnaire revealed five factors: educational and professional status of father and mother, residential and educational status of the family, sport status of parents and comfort of family housing. No gender differences in IQ levels were found in children. Multiple linear regression at four age groups showed that the educational status of the parents and residential and educational status of the family was positively correlated with the IQ at the older groups of preschool children. Two groups of children with the lowest and highest Raven’s CPM scores (1st and 4th quartiles) were used in the Logistic Regression, which determined the significant predictive value of SES factor in children with low Raven’s CPM scores. The results of the current research are in line with other studies on the topic, emphasizing the critical role of social environment for cognitive abilities of children. |
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