Birth order and dependency.

1 January 1967

journal article
Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Vol. 6 (2) , 192-194
https://doi.org/10.1037/h0024642

Abstract

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SIBLING POSITION AND DEPENDENT BEHAVIOR WAS STUDIED. 3 MEASURES OF DEPENDENCY WERE USED: INTERPERSONAL CHECK LIST, BARRON ITEMS AND EMBEDDED FIGURES TEST. THE 5 GROUPS OF SS WERE OLDEST BROTHER OF BROTHERS, OLDEST BROTHER OF SISTERS, YOUNGEST BROTHER OF BROTHERS, YOUNGEST BROTHER OF SISTERS, AND A "RANDOM" GROUP. THE LAST GROUP WAS NOT MATCHED ON THE CONTROL VARIABLES, SIZE OF FAMILY, PRESENCE OF PARENTS DURING CHILDHOOD, OR SOCIOECONOMIC CLASS, AS WERE THE 4 SELECTED GROUPS. THE EMBEDDED FIGURES TEST WAS UNIQUELY SIGNIFICANT IN THAT THE OLDEST OF BROTHERS AND SISTERS WERE MORE FIELD DEPENDENT THAN WERE THE YOUNGEST OF BROTHERS AND SISTERS. THE RANDOM GROUP SCORED BETWEEN THESE OLDEST AND YOUNGEST GROUPS. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2017 APA, all rights reserved)

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