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Temple Ecology and Cognitive Development: A Report from South India

Department of Educational Psychology, National Council of Educational Research and Training, New Delhi, India

Ashok K. Srivastava

Department of Psychology, National Council of Educational Research and Training, New Delhi, India

The impact of growing up in the vicinity of Hindu temples on cognitive development was studied in the southern part of India. Enrolled in Grades 1 and 4, the participating children (N-281) were drawn from three kinds of ecology, i.e., families intimately associated with temple, families that are religious but not so intimately associated with temple, and families in non-temple areas, using a cross-sectional design. NCERT School Readiness Scale and Das-Naglieri Cognitive Assessment System were used to assess their cognitive development. Children associated with temples emerged to be more cognitively competent than other two groups of children on both points of schooling. Sex differences and their interaction with ecology were not significant for most of the measures. Results point to the role of temple institutions in shaping development of children byproviding rich and variegated ecology.

Psychology & Developing Societies, Vol. 7, No. 1, 47-64 (1995)
DOI: 10.1177/097133369500700103


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