Multiple regression analysis of the relationship between some predictors of socioeconomic status and developmental instability

Barış ÖZENER; Berna ERTUĞRUL

Makale detayları

Multiple regression analysis of the relationship between some predictors of socioeconomic status and developmental instability

Yazarlar:

Barış ÖZENER | Berna ERTUĞRUL

Yayıncı:

Istanbul University

Dergi:

Eurasian Journal of Anthropology 2010 Vol.1 Issue 1, pp.18-25

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

6/2010

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000705323

Sıklık:

Aylık

eISSN:

2166-7411

Özet:

 


Fluctuating asymmetry (FA) is thought to be the outcome of developmental instability, the
impressive expression of design due to perturbations during development. Early interest in FA
has been centered on its potential as an indicator of environmental stress. The aim of this study
is to determine the effect of socioeconomic status on the level of FA in Turkish young males.
The study examined 350 young males (mean age = 8.65±0.58) who live under different
socioeconomic conditions in Ankara. Family size, mother’s education, father’s education,
mother’s job, father’s job, number of siblings and number of rooms were assessed. The hand
length, hand width, elbow width, wrist width, knee width, ankle width, foot length, foot width,
ear height and ear width of the subjects were measured with a Vernier digital caliper of 0.01
mm sensitivity. According to multiple regression analysis, relationship between composite
fluctuating asymmetry and family size, mother’s education, father’s education, mother’s job,
father’s job, number of siblings, number of rooms were statistically significant (R2 = 0.41, F =
17.95, P < 0.001). Standardized coefficients-β values showed that the mother’s and father’s
educations had higher correlations even when the effects of other predictors were controlled. We
conclude that fluctuating asymmetry was found to increase with the improving living
standards. However, when the effects of the SES variables were considered separately, mother’s
education and then father’s job were found to have greater effects on developmental stability.

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Makale detayları

Multiple regression analysis of the relationship between some predictors of socioeconomic status and developmental instability

Yazarlar: Barış ÖZENER | Berna ERTUĞRUL

Yayıncı: Istanbul University

Dergi: Eurasian Journal of Anthropology 2010 Vol.1 Issue 1, pp.18-25

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 6/2010

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2000705323

Sıklık: Aylık

eISSN: 2166-7411

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Barış ÖZENER | Berna ERTUĞRUL

Yayıncı:

Istanbul University

Dergi:

Eurasian Journal of Anthropology 2010 Vol.1 Issue 1, pp.18-25

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

6/2010

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000705323

Sıklık:

Aylık

eISSN:

2166-7411