General Intelligence in Friendship Selection: A Study of Preadolescent Best Friend Dyads
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The authors found that preadolescent friendship dyads are robustly correlated on measures of general intelligence, and the effects withstand correction for potentially confounding variables, which is consistent with the results in this paper.About:
This article is published in Intelligence.The article was published on 2017-09-01 and is currently open access. It has received 10 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Friendship.read more
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Are the effects of intelligence on student achievement and well-being largely functions of family income and social class? Evidence from a longitudinal study of Irish adolescents
Michael O'Connell,Gary N. Marks +1 more
TL;DR: The authors examined the effects of socioeconomic background (SES) measured by social class, family income and parental education - cognitive ability, and gender on a variety of key outcomes from a large longitudinal study based on a representative sample of thirteen-year-olds.
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Cognitive abilities and antisocial behavior in prison: A longitudinal assessment using a large state-wide sample of prisoners
Ian A. Silver,Joseph L. Nedelec +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the longitudinal association between cognitive abilities and the frequency of inmate misconduct during imprisonment, using data collected during the state-wide Evaluation of Ohio's Prison Programs.
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Linear and non-linear: An exploration of the variation in the functional form of verbal IQ and antisocial behavior as adolescents age into adulthood
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors re-examine the functional form of the association between verbal IQ and antisocial behavior to address three limitations in the prior scholarship and four research questions.
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The moderating effects of intelligence: An examination of how IQ influences the association between environmental factors and antisocial behavior
Ian A. Silver,Joseph L. Nedelec +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the moderating effects of IQ on the association between key criminological constructs and antisocial behavior, and found evidence that IQ moderated the effects of some key constructs on antisocial behaviour such as peer drug use and neighborhood disadvantage.
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Cognitive Aptitude, Peers, and Trajectories of Marijuana Use From Adolescence Through Young Adulthood
Brian C. Kelly,Mike Vuolo +1 more
TL;DR: Adolescents who rate higher in cognitive aptitude during early adolescence may be more likely to enter into consistent but not extreme trajectories of marijuana use as they age into young adulthood, while Cognition may not influence patterns ofarijuana use over time via the organization of peer groups.
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