Indonesian Journal of Medical Sciences and Public Health
Vol 1 No 2 (2020)

Head Size and Intelligence Quotient (IQ) in Elementary School Students

Oski Illiandri (Department of Anatomy and Biomedical Science, School of Medicine, Lambung Mangkurat University, Banjarmasin, Indonesia)
Dwi Setyohadi (Departement of Immunology, School of Medicine, Lambung Mangkurat University, Banjarmasin, Indonesia)
Aji Ilman Sjidan (Ulin General Hospital-School of Medicine, Lambung Mangkurat University, Banjarmasin, Indonesia)
Aldiya Jamila (Ulin General Hospital-School of Medicine, Lambung Mangkurat University, Banjarmasin, Indonesia)
Adwa Humaira (Ulin General Hospital-School of Medicine, Lambung Mangkurat University, Banjarmasin, Indonesia)
Maulana Malik Ibrahim (Ulin General Hospital-School of Medicine, Lambung Mangkurat University, Banjarmasin, Indonesia)
Ahmad Rofii (Ulin General Hospital-School of Medicine, Lambung Mangkurat University, Banjarmasin, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
19 Oct 2021

Abstract

Superficially, Intelligence is an ability to planning, thinking, talking, rationalization, comparing, and understand with other. One of many methods to rate for intelligence, is Draw-A-Man test, it’s introduced by Goodenough in 1926 to researching children’s creativity, mental age, and visual and motoric intelligence with some code based on picture that the children drawed. The aim of this study was to determine the correlation between head circumference and head length with Intelligence Quotient of the 3rd grade Karang Mekar 1 Banjarmasin elementary school’s student. The methodsof this study used observational analytics with a cross-sectional approach. The sampling technique was total sampling with a sample of 65 students aged 7 to 10 years and fulfilling the inclusion and exclusion criteria. The results of data analysis using the Spearman correlation test showed that the correlation point on the head circumference and head length with IQ were p=0.888 and p=0.985. Based on the results of this study, it can be concluded that there is no significant correlation between the the head circumference and head length with Intelligence Quotien in elementary student.

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ijmp

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Engineering Health Professions Medicine & Pharmacology Public Health Veterinary

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Indonesian Journal of Medical Sciences and Public Health (IJMP) Journal publishes original research work either as a Full Research Paper or as a Short Communication. Review Articles on a current topic in the said fields are also considered for publication by the Journal. Subject areas include, but ...