Girls' social problem-solving scores exceed boys' overall and in the Turkish sample but not in the British sample¶
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q2 i? Across the whole sample and in the Turkish sample girls' SPSIC scores were significantly higher than boys', but no significant gender difference was found in the British sample. → Yılmaz 2022
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Yılmaz 2022¶
Yılmaz, E., Yel, S., & Griffiths, M. D. (2022). Comparison of children's social problem-solving skills who play videogames and traditional games: A cross-cultural study. Computers & Education. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2022.104548
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Independent-samples t-tests on SPSIC scores in the 523-child sample: overall girls scored higher (t(521)=4.09, p<0.001) and Turkish girls higher than Turkish boys (t(266)=4.15, p<0.001), but "no significant difference was found between SPSIC scores for British girls and boys [t(253)=1.63, p>0.05]".
"girls’ SPSIC scores were significantly higher than boys’ SPSIC scores (t(521)=4.09, p<0.001)."
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Girls' social problem-solving scores exceed boys' overall and in the Turkish sample but not in the British sample |
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Girls' social problem-solving scores exceed boys' overall and in the Turkish sample but not in the British sample |
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