Further examining the potential association between birth order and personality: Null results from a national sample of American siblings

Boccio, Cashen M.; Beaver, Kevin M.

doi:10.1016/j.paid.2018.11.017

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“…For instance, having older siblings can be a resource for social behaviour development, while having younger siblings might not necessarily offer the same benefit (W‐h & Yan, 2023). A longitudinal study in the US examining adolescents aged 12–21 years found that children with fewer siblings are more strongly correlated with personality traits such as extroversion, agreeableness and openness (Boccio & Beaver, 2019). This suggests that in terms of prosocial development, only children, or those not in the ideal birth order, may be no less than those from larger families.…”

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“…The relationships with family members are often considered to be the prerequisite for most development as well as the parenting style and material conditions. Noted by Boccio and Beaver, the number of siblings does have enduring effects on positive youth development (Boccio & Beaver, 2019). Parenting style, the initiative of participating in activities and certain precious or important relationships were also relevant to positive youth development (Larson, 2000; Leung et al, 2021).…”

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Associations between the number of siblings, parent–child relationship and positive youth development of adolescents in mainland China: A cross‐sectional study

Ke,

Luo,

Huang

et al. 2024

Child

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BackgroundPositive development plays an important role in youth when dealing with stressful circumstances. According to the resource dilution theory, adolescents with or without siblings may receive different levels of emotional and material resources from their parents. The purpose of this study is to examine the association between the positive development of adolescents in China today with their family characteristics such as the number of siblings.MethodsA total of 2072 junior high and senior high school students (13 to 18 years old) in Chengdu, Sichuan, China, were investigated by cluster sampling. The Chinese Positive Youth Development scales (CPYDs) were used to measure positive youth development. The generalized linear model was used to explore the relationships among the number of siblings, parent–child relationships and positive youth development.ResultsAdolescents from only‐child families had better performance on positive development (H = 21.87, P < 0.001) and better relationships with parents (H = 15.1, P < 0.05). The positive development of male and female adolescents does not significantly differ in families with different numbers of siblings. The generalized linear model showed that a positive parent–child relationship is positively correlated with adolescent positive development (P < 0.05).ConclusionPositive youth development is not only associated with the number of siblings but also other modifiable familial factors. The positive relationship between parents and adolescents is of great practical value in daily life to improve youth development, and this might be the real lesson the resource dilution theory tells.

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Associations between the number of siblings, parent–child relationship and positive youth development of adolescents in mainland China: A cross‐sectional study

Ke,

Luo,

Huang

et al. 2024

Child

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Are economic preferences shaped by the family context? The relation of birth order and siblings’ gender composition to economic preferences

Detlefsen,

Friedl,

de Miranda

et al. 2024

J Risk Uncertain

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The formation of economic preferences in childhood and adolescence has long-term consequences for life outcomes. We study in an experiment how both birth order and siblings’ gender composition are related to risk, time, and social preferences. We find that second-born children are typically less patient, more risk-tolerant, and more trusting. However, siblings’ gender composition interacts importantly with birth order effects. Second-born children are more risk-taking only with same-gender siblings. In mixed-gender environments, children seem to identify with the gender stereotype that boys are much more willing to take risks than girls, irrespective of birth order. For trust and trustworthiness, birth order effects are larger with mixed-gender siblings. Only for patience, siblings’ gender composition does not matter.

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Birth order, personality, and tattoos: A pre-registered empirical test of the ‘born to rebel’ hypothesis

Richards

Newman

Butler

et al. 2023

Personality and Individual Differences

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Further examining the potential association between birth order and personality: Null results from a national sample of American siblings

Cited by 5 publications

References 17 publications

Associations between the number of siblings, parent–child relationship and positive youth development of adolescents in mainland China: A cross‐sectional study

Associations between the number of siblings, parent–child relationship and positive youth development of adolescents in mainland China: A cross‐sectional study

Are economic preferences shaped by the family context? The relation of birth order and siblings’ gender composition to economic preferences

Birth order, personality, and tattoos: A pre-registered empirical test of the ‘born to rebel’ hypothesis

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