Reconfounding the Confluence Model: Is the Relationship of Sibship Size and Birth-Order to Intelligence an Artifact?

1981 ◽  
Vol 46 (4) ◽  
pp. 485
Author(s):  
Alfred C. Hexter
Keyword(s):  
Birth Order ◽  
Sibship Size ◽  
Confluence Model ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

A Tale of Two Variables: A Review of the Intellectual Consequences of Sibship Size and Birth Order

1985 ◽  
Vol 55 (3) ◽  
pp. 353-386 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lala Carr Steelman
Keyword(s):  
Birth Order ◽  
Intellectual Development ◽  
Theoretical Explanation ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Sibship Size ◽  
Academic Abilities ◽  
Confluence Model ◽  
Academic Consequences ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

This paper critiques the literature on the relationship between sibling structure and academic abilities and achievement since Cicirelli’s (1978) earlier commentary on this topic. Assessed is the extent to which the confluence model, a theoretical explanation of the influence of sibling structure, fits the empirical observations made recently on the association between sibship structure and intellectual development. Since the studies reviewed in general tend to refute the confluence model, alternative interpretations of the impact of sibling structure on academic consequences are presented. Implications for future research are also provided.

Relationship of Birth Order and the Marketing-Related Variable of Materialism

2000 ◽  
Vol 86 (2) ◽  
pp. 429-434 ◽  
Author(s):  
James E. Zemanek ◽  
Reid P. Claxton ◽  
Wendy H-G. Zemanek
Keyword(s):  
Birth Order ◽  
Related Variable ◽  
Consumer Value ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

The relationship between the birth order and materialism scores was investigated using materialism conceptualized as a consumer value. Data were collected from 275 alumni of a major southwestern university. The analysis indicated that firstborns in this sample scored significantly lower on materialism than younger siblings

THE RELATIONSHIP OF PSYCHOLOGICAL BIRTH ORDER TO IRATIONAL RELATIONSHIP BELIEFS

2008 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 455-466 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melek Kalkan
Keyword(s):  
Correlation Analysis ◽  
Birth Order ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Turkish Version ◽  
Relationship Beliefs ◽  
Turkish People ◽  
Pearson Correlation Analysis ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Psychological Birth

Psychological birth order is examined as a predictor of irrational relationship beliefs among Turkish people (N = 423) using a Turkish version (Kalkan, 2005) of the White- Campbell Psychological Birth Order Inventory (Campbell, White, & Stewart, 1991) and the Relationship Belief Inventory (Kalkan, 2006). Results of Pearson correlation analysis indicate that positions of psychologically first, middle, and youngest child were significantly related to irrational relationship beliefs. The correlation between psychologically only child scores and irrational relationship beliefs was nonsignificant.

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