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High IQ in Early Adolescence and Career Success in Adulthood: Findings from a Swedish Longitudinal Study
Stockholm Univ, Stockholm, Sweden.
Örebro University, School of Law, Psychology and Social Work.
Stockholm Univ, Stockholm, Sweden.
Karolinska Inst, Stockholm, Sweden.
2014 (English)In: Research in Human Development, ISSN 1542-7609, Vol. 11, no 3, p. 165-185Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

To what extent do intellectually talented adolescents pursue educational and vocational careers that match their intellectual resources? Career outcomes were compared between groups within different IQ ranges with a focus on comparing those with high IQ (top 10%, IQ > 119) to those with average IQ. Data were analyzed from the longitudinal Swedish IDA study (N = 1,326) with career outcomes measured in midlife (age 43-47). To obtain at least a master's degree was almost 10 times more common for those of high IQ than for those of average IQ. Still, the proportion of high-IQ adolescents who did this was not high (13% of females, 34% of males) and as much as 20% of them did not even graduate from 3-year high school. For men only, there was a graded raise in income by IQ group. Within the high-IQ group there was no significant relationship between parents' socioeconomic status and income. For men, high IQ predicted a strongly increased income/vocational level in midlife beyond what was predicted from a linear model of the IQ-outcome relationship.

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Psychology Press, 2014. Vol. 11, no 3, p. 165-185
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Psychology
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Psychology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-38048DOI: 10.1080/15427609.2014.936261ISI: 000342301200002Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-84906089386OAI: oai:DiVA.org:oru-38048DiVA, id: diva2:758398
Available from: 2014-10-27 Created: 2014-10-24 Last updated: 2023-12-08Bibliographically approved

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