Mental Rotation in American Children: Diminished Returns of Parental Education in Black Families

摘要: Background: While parental education and family socioeconomic status (SES) are associated with an increase in children's cognitive functioning, less is known about racial variation these effects. Minorities' Diminished Returns (MDRs) suggest that, under racism social stratification, SES particularly show weaker effects on tangible outcomes for marginalized, racialized, minoritized families, Blacks, compared to Whites. Aim: We conducted this study compare the effect of mental rotation abilities, as important aspect function, by race. Methods: This cross-sectional included 11,135 9-10-year-old American children. Data came from baseline Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study. The independent variable was education. dependent variable, rotation, measured Little Man Task. Ethnicity, gender, age, marital status, household income were covariates. Results: Parental positively rotation. However, showed a association Black than White families. documented significant interaction between race efficiency score. Conclusion: shows correlation rather children, which probably because racism, discrimination. finding line MDRs phenomenon suggests that marginalization may interfere influences assets resources development.