A Longitudinal Study of Predictors of Spatial Ability in Adolescent Females
This study examined the longitudinal predictability of spatial ability in late-adolescent females by retesting 11-year-old girls studied by Newcombe and Bandura at age 16. Spatial ability at age 16 was predicted longitudinally from masculinity of the ideal self on a scale of intellectually relevant...
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Published in | Child development Vol. 63; no. 1; pp. 37 - 46 |
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Main Authors | , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Malden, MA
University of Chicago Press
01.02.1992
Blackwell University of Chicago Press for the Society for Research in Child Development, etc Blackwell Publishing Ltd |
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Summary: | This study examined the longitudinal predictability of spatial ability in late-adolescent females by retesting 11-year-old girls studied by Newcombe and Bandura at age 16. Spatial ability at age 16 was predicted longitudinally from masculinity of the ideal self on a scale of intellectually relevant attributes at age 11, wanting to be a boy at age 11, and, negatively, by feminine expressivity at age 11. No timing of puberty or lateralization effects were observed. The findings strengthen evidence that sex-related differences in spatial ability could be experientially determined, and help to focus the search for exactly how this occurs. The findings also cast doubt on the idea that sex-related differences in spatial ability could be caused by sex differences in timing of puberty or lateralization, although other biological mechanisms remain plausible. |
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ISSN: | 0009-3920 1467-8624 |
DOI: | 10.2307/1130899 |