Examination
of the tests
of indirect effects revealed that general cognitive ability at Time 2 (as
measured by the Matrix Reasoning task) did not mediate the relation between negative parent - child interaction and
academic achievement, B = − 0.01, SE = 0.02, Z = − 0.63, p = 0.53, or the link between parental scaffolding and
academic achievement, B = − 0.83, SE = 0.73, Z = − 1.13, p = 0.26.