Birth Order and Personality | The International Journal of Indian Psychȯlogy

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| Published: October 30, 2017

Birth Order and Personality

Tamanna Gupta

Dept. of Psychology, Ch. Bansi Lal University, Bhiwani, Haryana, India Google Scholar More about the auther

DIP: 18.01.014/20170501

DOI:10.25215/0501.014

ABSTRACT

The present study is exploring the personality trait of different birth orders. Sample of the study consisted 60 college students of different birth order (20 first born, middle born, last born).there age ranged between 17- 26 years. Their education was at least graduation and above. Selected subjects were tested by questionnaire method their psychological dimensions of neuroticism, extraversion, openness, agreeableness, and conscientiousness to assess personality traits NEO-FFI questionnaire was used. Collected data was analyzed by using ANOVA. Finding reveals that there was significant difference between different birth orders on personality traits.

Keywords

Birth Order, Firstborn, Middle Born, Lastborn, Personality Traits, Big Five Factor of Personality, Neuroticism, Openness, Conscientiousness, Agreeableness, Extraversion.

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