The Destructiveness of Myths

Wilkinson, Charles B.

doi:10.1176/ajp.126.8.1087

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“…A number of writers have suggested that the Black mother has been the backbone of her family (e.g., Blood & Wolfe, 1960;Noble, 1966;Wilkinson, 1970). This 9 E c seems evident in these results, in which 74.4% of the respondents indicated that they felt closer to their mother, but only 11.9% indicated that they felt closer to their father.…”

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“…The uniformity of identification with the mother across all birth order groups may be partly responsible for the lack of differences among birth order groups. Wilkinson (1970) has noted, however, that the finding that a large number of Black family households are headed, at least emotionally, by women is not unique to the Black American family. Indeed, similar family structures are found &dquo;in diverse peoples in many parts of the world, many of them without a history of slavery&dquo; (p. 322).…”

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“…An intervening factor that Wilkinson (1970) and Scanzoni (1971) believe to be due to the economic level of the respondents is the feeling of greater closeness to the mother. If this explanation has merit, we must hypothesize that birth order effects among Black persons may be found when respondents from families above the lower economic class are studied.…”

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Birth Order Effects among Black College Students

Patterson

Tinsley

1980

Journal of Black Psychology

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The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between birth order, vocational choice, choice of college, and selected personality characteristics among Black college students. The 16 Personality Factors Questionnaire, the Assessment of Career Decision Making, and a research questionnaire were administered to a sample of 231 students enrolled in freshman orientation classes at Grambling State University, Grambling, Louisiana. Analysis of variance revealed no significant differences among the birth order groups. It was concluded that the validity of birth order theory for Black college students should be questioned.Previous research on birth order effects has focused primarily on White, middle-class males. Because cultural differences many times influence experimental findings, it is important to extend our knowledge of birth order effects to other ethnic groups. It seems likely that birth order effects will be similar across cultures only insofar as those cultures are similar in family patterns and interactions. Forer ( 1969) has suggested that many research findings concerning This article is based on the first author's master's thesis, which was completed under the direction of Howard E. A. Tinsley at Southern Illinois University.

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