Parental estimates of their own and their children's intelligence

European Psychologist

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 173-180

  Kirkcaldy, Bruce ^a,e   Noack, Peter ^b   Furnham, Adrian ^c   Siefen, Georg ^d  

^a International Center for the Study of Occupational and Mental Health   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d ST JOSEF HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^e ICSOMH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Gender; German education; Intelligence beliefs; Parental intelligence estimates

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548202226     PISSN: 10169040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1016-9040.12.3.173     Document Type: Article

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