title: Chinese sex differences in intelligence: Some new evidence.
abstract: Sex differences on the WISC-R in Chinese children were examined in a sample of 788 aged 12 years. Boys obtained a higher mean full scale IQ than girls of 3.75 IQ points, a higher performance IQ of 4.20 IQ points, and a higher verbal IQ of 2.40 IQ points. Boys obtained significantly higher means on the information, picture arrangement, picture completion, block design, and object assembly subtests, while girls obtained a significantly higher mean on coding. The results were in general similar to the sex differences in the United States standardisation sample of the WISC-R. Boys showed greater variability than girls.
authors.affiliation: University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Jianghong
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: University of Ulster, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, BT52 1SA, UK.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lynn
keywords: China; Chinese; IQ; Sex differences; WISC-R; intelligence; variability