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- Title
Birth Order Effects and Rebelliousness: Political Activism and Involvement with Marijuana.
- Authors
Zweigenhaft, Richard L.
- Abstract
Frank Sulloway (1996) has claimed that later-horns are more likely to rebel against the status quo than are firstborns. The two studies reported here attempt to examine more fully Sulloway's claims about rebelliousness. The studies draw on archival data from studies of high school and college students in a midwestern state between 1969 and 1982. The current studies compare the effects of birth order, gender, family size, and father's education on two self-report measures: participation in protests and demonstrations, and involvement with marijuana. The data on involvement with marijuana provided support for Sulloway's thesis that later-horns are more rebellious than firstborns, but the data on participation in protests and demonstrations did not. These mixed findings, which contribute to the ongoing debate about Sulloway's theory, are discussed.
- Subjects
BIRTH order; FIRST-born children; STUDENT activism; MARIJUANA abuse; MARIJUANA &; society; SOCIAL action; ACTIVISM; PUBLIC demonstrations; COLLECTIVE behavior
- Publication
Political Psychology, 2002, Vol 23, Issue 2, p219
- ISSN
0162-895X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/0162-895X.00279