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Reasoning Abilities and Potential Correlates Among Jordanian School Children

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Objectives To investigate factors related to reasoning skills in 434 school children aged 5–9 years. Methods The Leiter International Performance Scale-Revised was used to assess reasoning skills. Demographic, work and family income data, information on child’s daily behavior and school academic achievement were provided by the participating children’s parents. Results Reasoning scores increased by 4.56 points with increasing subject’s age, 1.71 points with increasing level of father’s occupation, 1.86 points with each increase in the subject’s GPA, 1.13 points with consumption of breakfast at home and 1.81 points when child slept more hours. Having a father who smoked and living in a rural area decreased scores in reasoning. Conclusions for Practice Screening of reasoning and associated factors is essential for a comprehensive and accurate understanding of the child’s abilities and limitations. Understanding the child’s reasoning abilities is critical for establishing intervention goals and planning therapeutic activities.

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This study was approved and funded by Deanship of Research at Jordan University of Science and Technology (Grant # 20120219) and Institutional Review Board of King Abdullah University Hospital/Irbid/Jordan.

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    Fidaa Almomani & Khader Al Mhdawi

  2. School of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    Murad O. Al-momani

  3. Faculty of Nursing, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, 22110, Jordan

    Nihayah Alsheyab

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Almomani, F., Al-momani, M.O., Alsheyab, N. et al. Reasoning Abilities and Potential Correlates Among Jordanian School Children. Matern Child Health J 22, 501–511 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10995-017-2416-7

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