Family Environment and Intellectual Functioning A Life-Span Perspective

includes index and biblioraphy

The family as a context of psychological functioning Arguing for the concept of developmental niche Family capital and cognitive performance The confluence model:an academic tragedy of the commons Divorce and children`s cognitive ability Maternal employment,child care and cognitive outcomes Parental beliefs,parenting style,and children`s intellectual development Sources of environmental influence on cognitive abilities in adulthood Family functioning and intellectual functioning in later life Grandchildren as moderator variables in the family,social,physiological and intellectual development of grandparents who are raising them Degree of embeddedness of ecological system as a measure of ease of adaptation to the environment