Birth order, personality, and religion: A study among young adults from a three-sibling family

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 19-29

  Saroglou, Vassilis ^a   Fiasse, Laure ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Birth order; Middleborn; Peer ratings; Personality; Religion; Self reports

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038669280     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(02)00137-X     Document Type: Article

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