Maternal personality and sex of infant
- 1 September 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice
- Vol. 63 (3) , 261-266
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2044-8341.1990.tb01618.x
Abstract
This study investigated the hypothesis that dominant women are more likely to conceive sons. A Maternal Personality Questionnaire (MPQ) was constructed, using items from Cattell's 16 Personality Factor Questionnaire. Respondents were 85 women, mainly in the first trimester of pregnancy. Those who later bore sons were found to have scored higher on dominance items (p < .003) than those who later bore daughters.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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