Characteristic of intellectual development on urban and rural children in Xiamen by intelligence scales of different age
Abstract：Objective To intellectual development of urban and rural children in Xiamen through wechsler intelligence scales of different age.Methods A total of 233 children aged 6-16 years from urban and rural areas in Xiamen were enrolled in this study by random stratified sampling method. C-WISC and WISC-Ⅳ were used to measure the IQ.Results In urban children, the coding and digit span score in WISC-Ⅳ was significantly lower than the corresponding score in the C-WISC(P<0.05); the block design score in WISC-Ⅳ was significantly lower than the corresponding score in C-WISC(P<0.05); the verbal intelligence quotient score in WISC-Ⅳ was significantly higher than the corresponding score in C-WISC(P<0.05); the similarities score in WISC-Ⅳ was significantly higher than the corresponding score in C-WISC(P<0.05). And there were no significant differences in the scores of comprehension, perception reasoning, total intelligence quotient between the two methods(P>0.05). However, in rural children, each score in WISC-Ⅳ were significantly lower than the corresponding score in C-WISC(P<0.05).Conclusions There is difference on intellectual development between urban and rural children in Xiamen. Urban children's intellectual development is balanced, but rural children's intellectual development is lagging behind.
Keywords：Intellectual developmentCulture backgroundAge difference
Publication Date：2017-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 410-412 )