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- Title
Birth Order and Romantic Relationship Styles and Attitudes in College Students.
- Authors
McGuirk, Emily M.; Pettijohn II, Terry F.
- Abstract
This study examined the relations between birth order and romantic relationship attitudes and styles. Birth order position (oldest, middle, youngest, only) was predicted to influence how participants behave and think in relationships. One hundred male and female college students answered survey questions on jealousy, attitudes toward love, love styles, attachment, and their own romantic relationships. The middle birth order position participants reported significantly higher jealousy ratings than the oldest birth order position participants, and the youngest birth order position participants reported significantly higher romantic ratings than the oldest birth order position participants. Other results reveal trends for a possible birth order effect in romantic relationship styles and attitudes.
- Subjects
BIRTH order; INTERPERSONAL relations; LOVE-hate relationships; ATTITUDE (Psychology); COLLEGE students; WOMEN college students; JEALOUSY
- Publication
North American Journal of Psychology, 2008, Vol 10, Issue 1, p37
- ISSN
1527-7143
- Publication type
Article