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http://dx.doi.org/10.5723/kjcs.2016.37.6.157

Intellectual Characteristics of Korean Children: Analyses of K-WPPSI-IV Performance  

Park, Hyewon (Department of Child & Family Welfare, University of Ulsan)
Lee, KyungOk (Department of Early Childhood Education, Duksung Women's University)
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Korean Journal of Child Studies / v.37, no.6, 2016 , pp. 157-168 More about this Journal
Abstract
Objective: This study examined the intellectual characteristics of 1,700 Korean children aged 2 years, 6 months to 7 years, 7 months across two age ranges (2 years, 6 months to 3 years, 11 months; 4 years to 7 years, 7 months). Methods: Data from the standardization study of the K-WPPSI-IV were analyzed using Korean and American norms and in terms of socioeconomic variables such as region, maternal education level, and child gender. Results: Korean children performed differently from their American counterparts in most subtests and indexes. Verbal subtest performances for Korean children were significantly lower and performance subtest performances for Korean children were significantly higher. There were significant regional differences, with higher performances among children from Seoul than from other areas. Children whose mothers had higher education levels showed higher performances than their counterparts. This trend was more apparent in the older age range. Gender differences were found in most subtests, with girls showing higher scores than boys. Conclusion: This study revealed cross-cultural differences in intellectual characteristics measured with the newly standardized K-WPPSI-IV. In addition, significant effects of socioeconomic variables such as region, maternal education level, and gender were found.
Keywords
K-WPPSI-IV; U.S. norm; differences by socioeconomic variables; gender differences;
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