Associations between parental educational/occupational levels and cognitive performance in Spanish adolescents: The AVENA study | Asociaciones entre el nivel educativo/profesional de los padres y rendimiento cognitivo en adolescentes españoles: El estudio AVENA

Authors :: Castillo-Gualda, Ruth
Ruiz, Jonatan R.
Chillón, P.
Jiménez-Pavón, D.
Díaz, L. E.
Moreno, Luis A.
Ortega, F. B.
Source :: Digital.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC, instname
Publication Year :: 2011
Publisher :: Colegio Oficial de Psicólogos (España), 2011.
Abstract: We examined the associations between parental educational/occupational levels and cognitive performance in Spanish adolescents. Cognitive performance was measured by a validated Scholar Aptitudes test in 2,162 participants. Parental educational and occupational levels were positively associated with all specific cognitive abilities and the overall score (p<br />This study was ﬁ nancially supported by the Spanish Ministry of Health (FIS nº 00/0015). This study was also supported by grants from Panrico S.A., Madaus S.A., and Procter and Gamble S.A.; the Spanish Ministry of Education (EX-2008-0641); the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (RYC-2010-05957); the Swedish Council for Working Life and Social Research; the Swedish Heart-Lung Foundation (20090635); and the Spanish Ministry of Health: Maternal, Child Health and Development Network (number RD08/0072).

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