title: Cross-cultural, gender, and age differences in Singaporean mothers' conceptions of children's intelligence.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Haifa, Israel.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Nevo
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Khader
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009035:Mothers; D012737:Sex Factors; D012846:Singapore