Comparisons of Mental and Motor Test Scores for Ages 1-15 Months by Sex, Birth Order, Race, Geographical Location, and Education of Parents

1965 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 379 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy Bayley
Keyword(s):  
Birth Order ◽  
Test Scores ◽  
Geographical Location ◽  
Motor Test

College Students' Scores on Torrance's Tests of Creative Thinking

1974 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
David L. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Birth Order ◽  
Test Scores ◽  
Creative Thinking ◽  
Social Work Students ◽  
College Majors ◽  
Class Standing ◽  
Home Community ◽  
Mean Differences

54 social work students were given a questionnaire and the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking. Ss' mean fluency, flexibility, and originality scores were analyzed by t tests against own sex, age, birth order, father's occupation, size of home community, class standing, and Torrance test scores from 10 college samples. Significant mean differences were only between (a) sophomores' and seniors' fluency and flexibility, (b) sophomores' and juniors' flexibility, (c) Ss' fluency and that of five other samples of fluency scores, (d) Ss' flexibility and that of five other samples, (e) Ss' originality and that of six other samples, (f) seniors' scores and six other sets of seniors' scores, (g) sophomores' scores and four other sets of sophomores' scores. Generally, the higher Ss' class, the lower the creativity scores. Social work Ss tended to score lower than other college majors on the Torrance tests.

Cognitive Abilities of Sibling Pairs: Evaluating the Impact of Early Education

1982 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 171-176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janet P. Swartz ◽  
Donald E. Pierson
Keyword(s):  
Birth Order ◽  
Cognitive Abilities ◽  
Test Scores ◽  
Comparison Group ◽  
Early Education ◽  
Cognitive Test ◽  
Sibling Pairs ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Older Siblings

The cognitive test scores of 20 second-born children who had participated in an early education project since birth were compared to those of their nonparticipant older siblings. The McCarthy Scales of Children's Abilities were administered to all of the children prior to entering kindergarten. Contrary to the expected effects of birth order, the program children consistently scored higher than their older siblings on all subtests as well as the General Cognitive Index. The advantages for second-born children, which were not seen among sibling pairs in a comparison group, suggest the positive effects of early education.

Clinical features of MCI: motor changes

2008 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan Kluger ◽  
John G. Gianutsos ◽  
James Golomb ◽  
Alvin Wagner ◽  
Danielle Wagner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Test Scores ◽  
Cognitive Tests ◽  
Cognitive Measures ◽  
Elderly Individuals ◽  
Verbal Recall ◽  
Educational Backgrounds ◽  
Motor Test ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Motor Tests ◽  
Normal Cognition

ABSTRACTMild cognitive impairment (MCI) is a classification reserved for nondemented elderly individuals at increased risk for future decline to dementia, compared to those with normal cognition. Cognitive tests, particularly those assessing verbal recall, have been found to be useful in the identification of elderly people with MCI. We argue that a variety of motor/psychomotor evaluations are also sensitive to MCI. Motor assessments described as complex correctly categorize normal versus MCI elderly with comparable accuracies to those obtained by cognitive tests. Unlike performance on verbally based cognitive measures, motor-test scores appear to be relatively independent of educational attainment, indicating that the use of certain motor tests may be particularly valuable in the identification of MCI among elderly with widely varying educational backgrounds.

Intelligence test scores and birth order among young Norwegian men (conscripts) analyzed within and between families

Intelligence ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 35 (5) ◽  
pp. 503-514 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tor Bjerkedal ◽  
Petter Kristensen ◽  
Geir A. Skjeret ◽  
John I. Brevik
Keyword(s):  
Birth Order ◽  
Test Scores ◽  
Intelligence Test ◽  
Intelligence Test Scores

scholarly journals Effects of Social Class and Birth Order on Coping Behaviour in Adolescence

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dr. Santosh Kumar Gupta ◽  
Dr. Sharda Vishwakarma
Keyword(s):  
Social Class ◽  
Birth Order ◽  
Test Scores ◽  
Total Sample ◽  
General Category ◽  
Coping Behaviour ◽  
First Child ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Main Effects ◽  
Total Test

Present investigation has been made to ascertain the effects of Social Class and Birth Order on Coping Beheviour in Adolescence. A 2X2 factorial design was employed. The two factors studied were: Social Class (General/SC Category), and Birth Order (First and Third child). There were four cells with thirty five subjects in each cell (Total sample consisted of 140 subjects). Dependent variable (Coping Behaviour) in the study was measured by Carver’s COPE scale. Subjects were assessed on total test scores. Results of ANOVA show main effects of Social Class and Birth Order were found significant on total coping test scores but Interaction between Social Class and Birth Order remained insignificant. First Child in birth order were found better on total coping test scores than third child in birth order. Subjects from General category were found better on total coping test scores than SC category. Study suggests further monitoring of the development of SC category for psychological development and to improve coping skills in later birth order children.

scholarly journals Sibship size, birth order and risk of asthma and allergy: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis

BMJ Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. e045795
Author(s):  
Daniil Lisik ◽  
Athina Ioannidou ◽  
Gregorio Milani ◽  
Sungkutu Nyassi ◽  
Saliha Selin Özuygur Ermis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Birth Order ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Public Health Practice ◽  
Geographical Location ◽  
Numerical Data ◽  
Allergic Diseases ◽  
Sibship Size ◽  
Asthma And Allergy

IntroductionThe hygiene hypothesis suggests that reduced exposure to microbes might have contributed to the increase in prevalence and incidence of asthma and allergy observed during the second half of the last century. Following this proposal, several studies have investigated the role of sibship size and birth order in the development of asthma and allergic diseases, but the underlying evidence is conflicting. The objective of the present systematic review will be to identify, critically appraise and synthesise previous primary studies investigating the association of sibship size and birth order with the risk of asthma and allergic diseases.Methods and analysisThe following databases will be searched: AMED, CABI, CINAHL, Embase, Google Scholar, OAIster, Open Access Theses and Dissertations, Open Grey, ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global, PsycINFO, PubMed, SciELO, Scopus, Web of Science and WHO Global Index Medicus. Studies published up until 31 December 2020 will be eligible. There will be no restrictions by language and geographical location. Risk of bias in the included studies will be assessed using the Effective Public Health Practice Project quality assessment tool. The produced evidence will be synthesised narratively, and studies that present comparable numerical data will be included in meta-analyses using random effects model.Ethics and disseminationOnly data from the published literature will be included in this systematic review. Therefore, no ethical approval is required. The final review paper will be published in a peer-reviewed journal.PROSPERO registration numberCRD42020207905.

Birth Order, Age Spacing between Siblings, and Cognitive Performance

1978 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 115-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin Marjoribanks
Keyword(s):  
Birth Order ◽  
Family Environment ◽  
Test Scores ◽  
Intellectual Ability ◽  
Word Knowledge ◽  
Word Comprehension ◽  
Confluence Model ◽  
The Family ◽  
Language Environment ◽  
Intelligence Test Scores

Regression surface analysis was used to examine the confluence model which proposes that the relations between birth order and intellectual ability are accounted for by the age spacing between adjacent siblings. The model was extended to investigate relationships between birth order, age spacing between older and younger adjacent siblings, and measures of intelligence, mathematics, word knowledge, word comprehension, the language environment of the family, and parents' expectations for 500 11-yr.-old Australian children. The results provided support for the confluence model when relations between birth order, age spacing to younger adjacent siblings, and intelligence test scores were investigated but in general the propositions of the confluence model were not supported when the academic achievement and family environment scores were examined.

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