Birth Order and Academic Behavior in First Grade

1973 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 395-398 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Skovholt ◽  
Earl Moore ◽  
Frank Wellman
Keyword(s):  
Birth Order ◽  
Analysis Of Variance ◽  
First Grade ◽  
Teacher Ratings ◽  
Factorial Analysis ◽  
Academic Behavior ◽  
Southern State ◽  
Only Children ◽  
State Data ◽  
Variance Design

Teacher ratings of academic behavior were obtained for pupils in first grade. The sample included 686 boys and 580 girls from a suburban county in a southern state. Data were analyzed in a 2 × 4 factorial analysis of variance design with 2 levels of sex and 4 levels of birth order (only children, firstborns, middle children, and lastborns). Results were that only males, and first females were rated higher than middle males; only males, only females, first females, and last females were rated higher than last males.

Effects of Birth Order and Sex on Field Independence-Dependence

1973 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 223-226 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patton B. Reighard ◽  
Dale T. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Birth Order ◽  
Analysis Of Variance ◽  
Psychiatric Inpatients ◽  
Order Effects ◽  
Field Independence ◽  
Only Children ◽  
Field Dependent ◽  
Social Dependence ◽  
Rod And Frame

Birth order and field-independence research has produced seemingly similar findings concerning social dependence. However, of the few empirical efforts examining such similarities, methodological differences have produced ambiguous findings. The effects of sex and three birth-order categories on Rod-and-frame scores were evaluated for 248 male and 389 female psychiatric inpatients. A 2 × 3 analysis of variance showed significant sex and birth-order effects, with males and firstborns less field-dependent than females and both later-borns and only children, respectively. The unpredicted birth-order results essentially contradicted previous findings and were discussed in terms of sample differences and the apparent need for improved social-dependency measures.

Homonegativity among Professional School Counselors: An Exploratory Study

2007 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 2156759X0701100
Author(s):  
Jamie Satcher ◽  
Mark Leggett
Keyword(s):  
School Counselors ◽  
Analysis Of Variance ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Church Attendance ◽  
Factorial Analysis ◽  
Professional School ◽  
Political Affiliation ◽  
Southern State ◽  
Sexual Orientations ◽  
Professional School Counselors

Homonegativity among female professional school counselors (n = 215) representing a single Southern state was measured using adapted versions of the Homonegativity Scale (HS) and the Modern Homonegativity Scale (MHS). With the use of factorial analysis of variance, significant differences (p < .05) were found when HS and MHS scores were compared by (a) having a gay or lesbian friend or personal acquaintance, (b) frequency of church attendance, (c) participation in training about gay or lesbian sexual orientations in the 12 months prior to the study, and (d) having worked as a counselor with gay or lesbian people. Significant differences (p < .05) were found only for MHS scores when responses were compared by (a) race and (b) political affiliation.

Birth Order and Political Orientation in College Women

1974 ◽  
Vol 34 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1045-1046 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank H. Farley ◽  
Sonja V. Farley
Keyword(s):  
College Women ◽  
Birth Order ◽  
Family Size ◽  
Age Differences ◽  
Political Orientation ◽  
Only Children

An hypothesis that conservatism is significantly related to birth order was tested using female undergraduates in education and global self-ratings of conservatism-liberalism. Only children, firstborn, and laterborn groups ( ns = 15, 58, and 66) having no significant age differences, and no significant family size differences between the latter two, were compared. Conservatism did not significantly discriminate these groups; no support for the conservatism-birth order hypothesis was found.

Is the Child Really What’s Being Rated? Sources of Variance in Teacher Ratings of Socioemotional Skills

2018 ◽  
Vol 37 (7) ◽  
pp. 899-910 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaozhu An ◽  
Timothy W. Curby ◽  
Laura L. Brock
Keyword(s):  
Random Effects ◽  
First Grade ◽  
Teacher Ratings ◽  
High Stake ◽  
Random Effects Models ◽  
Potential Sources ◽  
Socioemotional Skills ◽  
Strengths Assessment

This study examined three potential sources of variance in teacher ratings of the socioemotional skills of children: occasion, child, and teacher. The ratings were prepared using the Devereux Student Strengths Assessment. In total, 344 children were assessed in both the fall and spring of kindergarten and first grade, providing a total of 1,067 ratings across 106 teachers. We employed cross-classified random effects models to account for multiple occasions of measurement that were nested within both children and teachers, which allowed us to determine the amounts of variance attributable to occasion, children, and teachers. Overall, occasion accounted for the greatest proportion of variance (43%-50%) across a variety of socioemotional subscales, followed by child (36%-46%), and teacher (11%-16%). Findings suggest that caution is warranted when using these scales for high-stake decisions.

Relation of Birth Order and Scores on Measures of Pathological Narcissism

1993 ◽  
Vol 72 (1) ◽  
pp. 311-315 ◽  
Author(s):  
John M. Curtis ◽  
Donald R. Cowell
Keyword(s):  
Birth Order ◽  
Family Treatment ◽  
Pathological Narcissism ◽  
Standardized Measures ◽  
Only Children ◽  
Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory ◽  
Narcissistic Personality ◽  
Narcissistic Personality Inventory ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Initial Prediction

To study the relationship between birth order and pathological narcissism, it was predicted that firstborn and only children would score significantly higher on standardized measures of pathological narcissism. Two such measures, the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory and the Narcissistic Personality Inventory, were administered to 50 randomly selected subjects from a metropolitan mental health and family treatment agency. Subjects were asked to indicate their ordinal birth positions, e.g., first, middle, last, or only, and then were administered both instruments. Analysis supported the initial prediction by indicating that firstborn and only children had higher mean scores on the measures of pathological narcissism. It might be advisable for clinicians to identify patients' ordinal positions while appraising relevant diagnostic criteria and eventual treatment planning.

Using Mystat to Analyze a Repeated-Measures Design

1991 ◽  
Vol 73 (3) ◽  
pp. 757-758 ◽  
Author(s):  
John F. Walsh
Keyword(s):  
Analysis Of Variance ◽  
Repeated Measures ◽  
Laboratory Experiments ◽  
Repeated Measures Design ◽  
Variance Design

Laboratory experiments having a two-way analysis of variance design with repeated-measures on one factor are analyzed by MYSTAT. The key is in coding subjects as a factor and expressing the design as a three-way factorial with one subject per cell.

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