Sex and Academic Field in Relation to Birth Order and Achievement
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13673235 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Barbara Elaine Bernstein (Bowie State College, corresponding author), Jean Dresden Grambs (Bowie State University), Jean Grambs (Bowie State College) |
| Year | 1976 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 659-663 |
| Publication date | 1976-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psychological Reports (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2466/pr0.1976.39.2.659 |
| OpenAlex | W2016661062 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 6 |
This survey concerned the effect of sex and academic field on the well-documented relationship between birth order and achievement of 414 graduate students. No difference was found in the tendency for firstborn males ( n = 240) and females ( n = 174) to be high achievers. Academic field (science, n = 156; social studies, humanities, n = 208) also had no bearing on the relationship between birth order and achievement. The study did show a strong link between scholastic achievement and ordinal position which is consistent with past research
Academic achievement · Birth order · Developmental psychology · Field (mathematics · Firstborn · Sociology · Career Development and Diversity · Cognitive Abilities and Testing · Demography · Mathematics · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0.03 |
| Citation span | 1995 - 1995 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |