The Investigating and Identifying of Socio- Economic Status on Attention, IQ andSocial Development among 7 to 8 years-old girl

Socio-Economic Status (SES) is one of the irreversible factors that may effect on attention, IQ and social development. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to compare the attention, IQ and social development of girls aged 8 to 9 in marand city in two high and low socio-economic statuses.

In this semi experimental study, 123 girls 8 and 9 years old based on the data from the socio-economic status questionnaire in two groups with high (n=60) and low (n =63) socio-economic status. To measure attention, IQ and social development, Boonderle Attention Test, Goddance Designer Test and Weinland Social Questionnaire was used. Data were analyzed using two-way ANOVA(p<0.05).

The results of the research showed that the main effect of socioeconomic status on the amount of attention and IQ is significant. Though, the interactive effect of the amount of attention and IQ between experimental groups was not significant. However, in relation to the social development variable, the results showed that the main effect was significant only in the socioeconomic status group. In addition, the interactive effect between experimental groups on social development variables was significant.

Based on these findings, the high socio-economic status may increase the attention, IQ and social development of girls aged 8 to 9.