Order of birth in relation to the development of the child.

Jones, Harold E.

doi:10.1037/13524-007

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“…Order of birth and its consequents have been of interest intermittently to psychologists for almost a century, and perhaps longer (e.g., Galton, 1874). During that period, it has been examined in relation to prominence, intelligence, delinquency, and physical and mental illness (Chen & Cobb, 1960;Ellis, 1904;Jones, 1931;Rosenow & Whyte, 1931;Sletto, 1934;Thurstone & Jenkins, 1929). Recently, Schachter (1959) focused attention on birth order as a determinant of social affiliation or withdrawal and such related phenomena as college attendance, alcoholism, and schizophrenia.…”

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Birth order and social behavior.

Warren¹

1966

Psychological Bulletin

167

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Recent research of Schachter has redirected a long-standing interest in physiological, psychological, and sociological correlates of order of birth to affiliative or withdrawal tendencies as birth-order correlates. The most firmly established and persistent finding relative to birth order shows an overproportion of firstborn children in college. Substantial evidence also exists showing (a) firstborn to be more susceptible than later born to social pressure and (b) firstborn women, when apprehensive, to be more strongly attracted than later-born women to the company of others. Studies relating birth order to conformity or dependence, delinquency, alcoholism, and schizophrenia as well as college attendance and affiliative behavior are reviewed.

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Birth order and social behavior.

Warren¹

1966

Psychological Bulletin

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“…This theory has been tested a number of times but most of the findings do not lend support to it (Jones, 1931).…”

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Social psychological theories: Adler, Fromm, Horney, and Sullivan.

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1959

Theories of Personality.

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“…Adler 23 felt that neurotics tended to be first born children and, next to the oldest, the youngest child is most likely to become a problem child and a neurotic, maladjusted adult. Despite a lack of supporting evidence initially 24 , later work by Schacter 23 confirmed Adler's birth order theories. Hillinger 26 and Klein 27 found that first born children tended to be more introverted than later borns.…”

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The irritable bowel syndrome, single sex representation and birth order

McAllister

1987

Int J Clinical Practice

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SummarySingle sex representation and birth order in 100 patients with the irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) were determined and compared with those of 100 age and sex matched controls. Single sex members, in families with three or more children, were significantly more frequent in IBS. There was a trend for more IBS sufferers to be at the extremes of sibling constellation, particularly the youngest, but this did not reach statistical significance. These findings have not been previously reported.

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Order of birth in relation to the development of the child.

Cited by 15 publications

References 23 publications

Birth order and social behavior.

Birth order and social behavior.

Social psychological theories: Adler, Fromm, Horney, and Sullivan.

The irritable bowel syndrome, single sex representation and birth order

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