Intellectual Interest Mediates Gene×Socioeconomic Status Interaction on Adolescent Academic Achievement

Child Development

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 743-757

  Tucker Drob, Elliot M ^a   Harden, K Paige ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; EDUCATION; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; TWINS;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TWINS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 84858260641     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2011.01721.x     Document Type: Article

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