Contents; Contributors; 1. Nature, Nurture, and Adolescent Development: An Introduction; 2. Developmental Analysis of IQ; 3. Multivariate Parent-Offspring Analyses of Specific Cognitive Abilities; 4. Etiology of the Stability of Reading Performance from 7 to 12 Years of Age and Its Possible Mediation by IQ; 5. Memory Ability during Middle Childhood and Early Adolescence in the Colorado Adoption Project; 6. Somatic Complaints from Early Childhood to Early Adolescence; 7. Teacher and Mother Ratings of Attention Problems; 8. Adopted and Nonadopted Adolescents' Adjustment
9. Stability and Change in Internalizing Problems in the Transition to Early Adolescence: Genetic and Environmental Influences10. Loneliness during the Transition to Early Adolescence; 11. Genetic Influences on Temperament in Early Adolescence: A Multimethod Perspective; 12. Links between Temperament and Behavior Problems in Early Adolescence; 13. Using the Social Relations Model to Examine Correlates of Adolescent Humor: The Role
Summary
In early adolescence there is a particularly strong convergence of physical, cognitive, and social development. This text presents data from the ongoing Colorado Adoption Project, a study of 245 adopted and 245 control children assessed from birth to early adolescence
