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ERIC Number: EJ314263
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1985
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Intellectual Development within Transracial Adoptive Families: Retesting the Confluence Model.
Berbaum, Michael L.; Moreland, Richard L.
Child Development, v56 n1 p207-16 Feb 1985
Estimates confluence model of intellectual development for a within-family sample of 321 children from 101 transracial adoptive families. Mental ages of children and their parents and birth or adoption intervals were used in a nonlinear least-squares estimation procedure to obtain children's predicted mental ages. Results suggest efficiency of the model at individual as well as aggregate level of analysis. (Author/AS)
Descriptors: Achievement, Children, Cognitive Development, Family Influence, Intellectual Development, Learning, Models, Parents, Prediction, Primary Education, Reliability
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Identifiers: Confluence Model; Retesting