Gender moderates the relation between childhood spatial activities and spatial habits of mind, which is stronger for males than females¶

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q2 i3 The childhood activities × gender interaction significantly predicted spatial habits of mind (β = .66), with a stronger relation for males than females. → Emily Grossnickle Peterson 2020

Evidence¶

Emily Grossnickle Peterson 2020¶

Emily Grossnickle Peterson, Adam B. Weinberger, David H. Uttal, Bob Kolvoord and Adam E. Green. (2020). Spatial activity participation in childhood and adolescence: consistency and relations to spatial thinking in adolescence. Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41235-020-00239-0

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Multivariate regression Model 3 with gender × activity interactions predicting SHOMI (F8,296 = 11.61, R2 = .20); "gender sig- nificantly moderated the effect of childhood activities on spatial habits of mind" (β = .66), and the relation was "stronger for males than for females."

"gender sig- nificantly moderated the effect of childhood activities on spatial habits of mind ( b = .36, β = .66, SE = .16, p = .03). Specifically, the relation between childhood activities and spatial habits of mind was stronger for males than for females"

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Childhood spatial activities are more predictive of spatial habits of mind than of spatial skills — related
• Childhood, but not adolescent, spatial activity participation predicts adolescents' spatial habits of mind — related
• Childhood spatial activity participation predicts adolescent spatial activity participation, and this consistency is stronger for females than males — related
• Spatial skills show null bivariate correlations with childhood and adolescent spatial activity participation — related