Intelligence of adolescents is related to their parents' educational level but not to family income

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1062-1067

  Lemos, Gina C ^a   Almeida, Leandro S ^b   Colom, Roberto ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cognitive ability; Educational level; Family income; Intelligence; SEM

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952628303     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2011.01.025     Document Type: Article

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