TY - JOUR
T1 - Cross-cultural, gender, and age differences in singaporean mothers's conceptions of children's intelligence
AU - Nevo, Baruch
AU - Bin Khader, A. M.
PY - 1995/8
Y1 - 1995/8
N2 - The effect of mothers' ethnic affiliation on their conceptions of children's intelligence was examined. Seven hundred eight Singaporean mothers of Chinese, Malay, and Indian ethnic origin responded to a 55-item questionnaire. For each item, the respondents indicated, on a 9-point scale, how typical they thought the specified behavior was for an intelligent child. There was a high level of similarity among the factor structures of the three subsamples, but several specific intergroup differences indicated that the mothers' conceptions of children's intelligence were affected to a certain extent by their ethnic affiliations and by the age and the sex of the child.
AB - The effect of mothers' ethnic affiliation on their conceptions of children's intelligence was examined. Seven hundred eight Singaporean mothers of Chinese, Malay, and Indian ethnic origin responded to a 55-item questionnaire. For each item, the respondents indicated, on a 9-point scale, how typical they thought the specified behavior was for an intelligent child. There was a high level of similarity among the factor structures of the three subsamples, but several specific intergroup differences indicated that the mothers' conceptions of children's intelligence were affected to a certain extent by their ethnic affiliations and by the age and the sex of the child.
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U2 - 10.1080/00224545.1995.9712219
DO - 10.1080/00224545.1995.9712219
M3 - Article
C2 - 7564309
AN - SCOPUS:0029351616
SN - 0022-4545
VL - 135
SP - 509
EP - 517
JO - Journal of Social Psychology
JF - Journal of Social Psychology
IS - 4
ER -