Open AccessJapanese parents’ estimates of their own and their children's multiple intelligences: Cultural modesty and moderate differentiation
Author(s) -
FURNHAM ADRIAN,
FUKUMOTO SARA
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
japanese psychological research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.392
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1468-5884
pISSN - 0021-5368
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-5884.2008.00362.x
Subject(s) - psychology , developmental psychology , intelligence quotient , theory of multiple intelligences , demography , cognition , neuroscience , sociology
A total of 198 Japanese parents completed a questionnaire concerning their own and their children's estimated overall general (g), and multiple intelligences. Japanese parents’ self‐estimates were somewhat lower than those found in the Western populations but males (fathers) rated their own overall “g” score and seven Gardner multiple intelligences, significantly higher than did females (mothers). There were few sex differences, however, when parents rated sons or daughters. Parents’ own IQ estimate was the best predictor of the first (eldest) child's estimated IQ. A regression analysis indicated that the best predictors of self‐estimated overall “g” intelligence were self‐estimated verbal and numeric intelligences. Children's age and sex, and parents’ age and sex, were all non‐significant predictors of the overall “g” score estimates of the first two children. There were no sex differences in experience of, or attitudes towards, intelligence testing. A number of cultural differences were found compared with other studies in Western cultures.