Socioeconomic status and school grades: Placing their association in broader context in a sample of biological and adoptive families

Intelligence

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 526-541

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption study; Gender differences; Parent expectations; Parenting; Restriction of range; School engagement; School grades; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

EID: 35248864791     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2006.09.006     Document Type: Article

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