Preface

The Family as a Context of Psychological Functioning

Alice S. Carter

Karla Klein Murdock

Arguing for the Concept of Developmental Niche

Elena L. Grigorenko

Family Capital and Cognitive Performance

Kevin Marjoribanks

The Confluence Model: An Academic ``Tragedy of the Commons?''

Joseph Lee Rodgers

Divorce and Children's Cognitive Ability

John Guidubaldi

Julie Duckworth

Maternal Employment, Child Care, and Cognitive Outcomes

Margaret R. Burchinal

Grace I. L. Caskie

Parental Beliefs, Parenting Style, and Children's Intellectual Development

Lynn Okagaki

Sources of Environmental Influence on Cognitive Abilities in Adulthood

Deborah Finkel

Nancy L. Pedersen

Family Functioning and Intellectual Functioning in Later Life

Colleen L. Johnson

Grandchildren as Moderator Variables in the Family, Social, Physiological, and Intellectual Development of Grandparents Who Are Raising Them

Glenda M. Ehrle

Degree of Embeddedness of Ecological Systems as a Measure of Ease of Adaptation to the Environment

Robert J. Sternberg

Elena L. Grigorenko

Author Index

Subject Index