INDEPENDENT INTERVIEW RESPONSES OF MOTHERS AND FATHERS TO 4 INDEXES OF MALEVOLENT BEHAVIOR WERE CORRELATED WITH CTMM IQ SCORES OF 451 3RD GRADERS. THE RESULTS SUPPORTED THE FOLLOWING CONCLUSIONS: (1) PARENTAL MALEVOLENCE AND CHILDREN'S IQS ARE NEGATIVELY CORRELATED, (2) MOTHER-DAUGHTER PAIRS SHOW THE STRONGEST ASSOCIATION BETWEEN PARENTAL MALEVOLENCE AND CHILD'S IQ, (3) PARENTAL EDUCATION AND SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS ACCOUNT FOR LITTLE OF THE COVARIANCE BETWEEN PARENTAL MALEVOLENCE AND CHILD'S IQ, AND (4) THE LINKAGE BETWEEN CHILD'S IQ AND PARENTAL MALEVOLENCE IS MORE APPARENT AMONG PARENTS HAVING LESS THAN A HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION THAN IT IS AMONG PARENTS WHO HAVE ATTENDED COLLEGE. THE INTERPRETATION THAT PARENTAL MALEVOLENCE IS CAUSALLY RELATED TO CHILDREN'S INTELLIGENCE APPEARS MORE DEFENSIBLE THAN ALTERNATIVE INTERPRETATIONS. (22 REF.) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)