The idea that birth order determines personality continues to intrigue psychologists, not to mention the average person. Can ...

There are a couple of older studies that suggested that fathers are going to favor sons, and mothers are going to favor ...

The purpose of the present study was to assess the relation between birth order and anxiety using direct and objective measures. Heart and respiration rates of 14 first- and 15 later-born white, male, ...

A new study from Brigham Young University found that parental favoritism is real and that factors like gender, birth order and a child's temperament can serve as influences. The study, which was ...

In one sketch, the youngest child tells Chatur that "if I'm not the best, people won't care about me," and then whips out an entire essay he wrote about the topic for his therapist to ingratiate ...

A recent study, published in the journal Psychological ... across North America and Western Europe. They examined how birth order, gender, temperament, and personality played a role in favoritism ...

The researchers also developed ways to identify differences in the ways parents treat their children. Instead of asking parents if they have a favourite child, they enquired about more concrete inform ...