How parents influence school grades: Hints from a sample of adoptive and biological families

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 201-219

  Johnson, Wendy ^a,b   McGue, Matt ^b,c   Iacono, William G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Adoption study; Gender differences; Genetic and environmental influences; Parent expectations; Parenting; School engagement; School grades

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548013509     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2007.04.004     Document Type: Article

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