在巴西十年内调查智商得分的变化:因素在发挥作用
Pedro San Martin Soares1, Fernando César Wehrmeister2, Ana Maria Menezes2
1Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil. pedrosmsoares@hotmail.com.
Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology
|February 19, 2024
概括
在1982年至1993年间,巴西的女性和来自中等收入家庭的智商分数 (IQ) 增加. 母亲年龄也影响了随着时间的推移智商得分的变化.
科学领域:
- 认知科学是一种认知科学.
- 发展心理学是发展心理学.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 了解跨世代认知能力的变化对于公共卫生和教育规划至关重要.
- 以前的研究表明,人口水平智力可能发生变化,但潜在因素需要进一步调查.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究两个巴西出生队伍 (1982年和1993年) 的智商分数的变化.
- 为了确定社会经济和人口因素影响这些潜在的智商差异随着时间的推移.
主要方法:
- 利用了1982年和1993年巴西Pelotas出生队列的数据.
- 评估智商 (IQ) 分数使用韦克斯勒成人智商量表,第三版 (WAIS-III).
主要成果:
- 与1982年出生的女性相比,1993年出生的女性的平均智商得分高于1982年出生的女性;在男性中没有显著差异.
- 智商得分增加主要观察到来自家庭收入在1.1至3倍出生时最低工资之间的参与者.
- 智商分数在母亲出生时20岁以下的人群中保持稳定,但在母亲20岁或以上的人群中增加.
结论:
- 社会经济地位和母亲的年龄是影响智商得分在出生队列中的变化的重要因素.
- 这些发现强调了在分析人口水平认知趋势时需要考虑人口和经济背景的必要性.
- 需要进一步的研究来阐明导致这些观察到的智商分数变化的具体机制.
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