Types of intelligence predict likelihood to get married and stay married: Large-scale empirical evidence for evolutionary theory

Aspara, Jaakko; Wittkowski, Kristina; Luo, Xueming

doi:10.1016/j.paid.2017.09.028

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“…This study extended past research by looking at different intelligence facets (see also Aspara et al, 2018). The type of intelligence had little importance for the appeal of measured intelligence -we found negligible effects for all three facets.…”

Section: A Detailed Look At the Appeal Of Different Perceived And Measured Abilitiessupporting

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What you see is what you want to get: Perceived abilities outperform objective test performance in predicting mate appeal in speed dating

Hofer

Burkart

Langmann

et al. 2021

Journal of Research in Personality

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Section: A Detailed Look At the Appeal Of Different Perceived And Measured Abilitiessupporting

confidence: 82%

What you see is what you want to get: Perceived abilities outperform objective test performance in predicting mate appeal in speed dating

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Burkart

Langmann

et al. 2021

Journal of Research in Personality

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“…This finding may be driven by several factors. Firstly, persons with higher cognition and intelligence scores are more likely to marry and stay in union ( Aspara, Wittkowski, & Luo, 2018 ). Secondly, married individuals engage more in social and cognitive activities than those who are non-married ( Feng et al, 2014 ).…”

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Gender difference in cognitive health among older Indian adults: A cross-sectional multilevel analysis

Singh

Jasilionis

Oksuzyan

2018

SSM - Population Health

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This study assesses the gender gap in cognitive health among older adults in India and examines the extent to which individual, household and state level characteristics contribute to the male-female difference in cognitive health. The study is based on 6548 women and men who participated in the WHO Study on Global AGEing and Adult Health conducted in six states in India during 2007–08. Multilevel ordinary least square regression was used to examine the gender difference in cognitive health, adjusting for individual, household, health behavior and state-level variables. A composite cognitive score (CCS) was calculated by combining z-scores of five individual cognitive tests. Results suggest that CCS is worse among women than among men after adjusting for individual and state level factors. The largest reduction in the gender gap in CCS was observed when adjusting for education, followed by other individual factors such as marital status, individual height, caste, religion, tobacco consumption and chronic health status. Although state level urbanization and female workforce participation rate were significantly associated with CCS, these characteristics did not contribute to the reduction of gender difference in CCS. This study extends the current knowledge of women’s disadvantage in cognitive health, demonstrating that individual level characteristics remain key determinants of gender difference in cognition among older adults in India. Importantly, this relationship holds in the context of very large cross-state variations in cognitive health and its determinants.

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“…One of the reasons for the widespread use of these assessments is their supposed ability to predict success ( Koch et al 2021 ). Several studies have confirmed the association between intelligence, on the one hand, and educational success ( Deary et al 2007 ; Downey et al 2014 ; Mayes et al 2009 ), nutritional status ( Akubuilo et al 2020 ), professional success ( Damian et al 2015 ), success in relationships ( Aspara et al 2018 ), and health ( Wrulich et al 2014 ), on the other hand, hence the growing interest in evaluating neurocognitive performance, in particular intelligence, using tests dedicated to this purpose. There are currently many intelligence tests available, and the most widely used are the Wechsler scales, the British Ability Scales, Raven’s Progressive Matrices, and the Mill Hill Vocabulary Scale ( van de Vijver and Leung 1997 ).…”

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Association between Non-Verbal Intelligence and Academic Performance of Schoolchildren from Taza, Eastern Morocco

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Interest in identifying factors influencing educational success is growing. It is often observed that a group of students share the same external variables (school environment) yet have different results, which states that individual variables have more impact on the determination of academic performance. Therefore, the present study aimed to substantiate this fact by investigating the association between non-verbal fluid intelligence and academic performance in a population of schoolchildren in Eastern Morocco. The investigation was a cross-sectional study based on a self-administered questionnaire. Items included the standard Raven’s progressive matrices. Students’ grades were collected from the administrative offices of the visited schools. Significant and positive correlations between the non-verbal intelligence scores and the school results were found: for the general average, the correlation was 0.574; for the school subject French, the correlation coefficient was 0.475; and for mathematics, we found a relatively low coefficient of 0.381. Non-verbal fluid intelligence significantly and positively predicted academic performance (β = .574, p = .000). These results call for policymakers to implement the use of intelligence tests with school directors and teachers as a diagnostic tool to guide support efforts for low-achieving children and even to create pilot classes for the best-performing students.

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Types of intelligence predict likelihood to get married and stay married: Large-scale empirical evidence for evolutionary theory

Cited by 13 publications

References 26 publications

What you see is what you want to get: Perceived abilities outperform objective test performance in predicting mate appeal in speed dating

What you see is what you want to get: Perceived abilities outperform objective test performance in predicting mate appeal in speed dating

Gender difference in cognitive health among older Indian adults: A cross-sectional multilevel analysis

Association between Non-Verbal Intelligence and Academic Performance of Schoolchildren from Taza, Eastern Morocco

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