Intellect is not that expensive: differential association of cultural and socio-economic factors with crystallized intelligence in a sample of Italian adolescents

Conte, Federica; Costantini, Giulio; Rinaldi, Luca; Gerosa, Tiziano; Girelli, Luisa

doi:10.1016/j.intell.2020.101466

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“…Verbal skills have been identified as indicators of cognitive functioning since the earliest modern theories of intelligence ( Conte et al., 2020 ). The Cattell and Horn Fluid-Crystalized (Gf–Gc) theory is probably the best known and most widely used theory of intelligence ( Stankov et al., 1995 ; Kaya et al., 2015 ).…”

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Predicting verbal reasoning from virtual community membership in a sample of Russian young adults

Kiselev¹,

Matsuta

Feshchenko

et al. 2022

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Predicting verbal reasoning from virtual community membership in a sample of Russian young adults

Kiselev¹,

Matsuta

Feshchenko

et al. 2022

Heliyon

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“…All edges have certain weights that represent the strength of the connections which makes important structures easier to spot. Network analysis (Isvoranu et al, 2022) has been extensively applied for personality (Costantini et al, 2015;Cramer et al, 2012), psychopathology (Borsboom & Cramer, 2013;Fried et al, 2016;McNally et al, 2015;Robinaugh et al, 2014), and cognitive data (Conte et al, 2020).…”

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Personality and engagement with music: Results from network modeling in three adolescent samples

Ruth

Tsigeman

Likhanov

et al. 2023

Psychology of Music

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People who engage in musical activities may, on average, share certain personality features. For example, performing music in front of audiences may require greater extraversion. In contrast, long and solitary practice sessions may require greater introversion and conscientiousness. Research has established some links between dimensions of personality and indicators of engagement with music, for example, specific personality profiles for musicians/non-musicians. For example, openness is usually linked to musical involvement. However, research in the area is scarce and it remains unclear which specific aspects of musical engagement are linked to personality; how these links establish in the course of development; and whether these links are affected by culture. This article reports data collected with several measures of personality (Big Five personality scales) and a comprehensive measure of engagement with music—the musical sophistication index (Gold-MSI) in three countries: Germany ( N = 1,114), Russia ( N = 346), and the United Kingdom ( N = 751). We applied a graphical network modeling approach to investigate the patterns of association among the measures. Our results found a number of consistent musical sophistication-personality associations across the three samples, with the strongest link being between the Gold-MSI emotions subscale and the personality trait openness, which was found in all three samples.

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“…This sample size was based on the resources (economic and human) available to data collection and it allows detecting, with 80% power, a correlation as small as r = .116 in a two-tailed test and is generally regarded as ''very good'' for principal component analysis (PCA) and factor analysis (Comrey & Lee, 2013; see also MacCallum et al, 1999;Schreiber, 2021). Other data from the same participants were previously analyzed to address distinct theoretical questions (Conte et al, 2020).…”

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“…Participants were asked to select the synonym of each target word from among the answer options (only one of the choices was correct), within a time limit of 7 min. The version of the task used in this study was adapted for digitalized administration to Italian students (Conte et al, 2020). The score was the count of correct responses.…”

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Cognitive Reserve Potential: Capturing Cognitive Resilience Capability in Adolescence

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Cognitive reserve (CR) represents the adaptive response of the cognitive system responsible for preserving normal functioning in the face of brain damage. Experiential factors such as education, occupation, and leisure activities influence the development of CR. Theoretically, such factors build up from childhood and across adulthood. Thus, appropriate tools to define and measure CR as early as adolescence are essential to understand its developmental processes. To this aim, we introduce the construct of “Cognitive Reserve Potential” (CRP) and its corresponding index of experiential factors tailored to youth. We investigated prototypical youth exposures potentially associated with the lifelong development of CR (e.g., sport practice, musical experiences, cultural activities, and relationships with peers and family). Principal component analysis and confirmatory factor analysis identified and replicated the CRP factor structure on two independent samples of Italian students: N = 585 (295 F) and N = 351 (201 F), ages 11 to 20. CRP was associated mainly with family socio-cultural status (i.e., socioeconomic status [SES], Home Possessions, and Books at Home). Results confirmed the strength of the factorial model and warranted the proposal of the CRP-questionnaire as an innovative tool for understanding CR evolutionary dynamics.

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Intellect is not that expensive: differential association of cultural and socio-economic factors with crystallized intelligence in a sample of Italian adolescents

Cited by 7 publications

References 68 publications

Predicting verbal reasoning from virtual community membership in a sample of Russian young adults

Predicting verbal reasoning from virtual community membership in a sample of Russian young adults

Personality and engagement with music: Results from network modeling in three adolescent samples

Cognitive Reserve Potential: Capturing Cognitive Resilience Capability in Adolescence

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