Parents' education and children's achievement: The role of personality

European Journal of Personality

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 535-550

  Steinmayr, Ricarda ^a   Dinger, Felix C ^a   Spinath, Birgit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Intelligence; Mediation analysis; Parents' education; Personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149491916     PISSN: 08902070     EISSN: 10990984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/per.755     Document Type: Article

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