The series of articles in this issue test conceptual models of the processes by which levels of educational attainment are passed from one generation to the next. Collectively, the investigations indicate that although proximal family processes mediate the relation between parent education and children's educational achievement, these processes…

As part of the Universal Preschool Child Outcomes Study (UPCOS-4), the authors are conducting a qualitative examination of quality support coaching in the Los Angeles Universal Preschool (LAUP) including an analysis of how coaching is being interpreted and implemented in the variety of contexts found in LAUP. This qualitative study will inform the…

Examines the findings of self-concept studies and meta-analyses that examine the development of healthy self-concepts in children and adolescents. A theoretical model for self-concept is presented that proposes how healthy self-concepts develop and can be acquired. Recommends that future self-concept research employ only scientifically defensible…