Perceived parental favoritism, closeness to kin, and the rebel of the family: The effects of birth order and sex

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 261-276

  Rohde, Percy A ^a   Atzwanger, Klaus ^b,c   Butovskaya, Marina ^d   Lampert, Ada ^e   Mysterud, Iver ^f   Sanchez Andres, Angeles ^g   Sulloway, Frank J ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c L Boltzmann Inst Urban Ethology   (Austria)

^d INSTITUTE OF ETHNOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^e RUPPIN ACADEMIC CENTER   (Israel)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth order; Differential parental investment; Family relations; Sibling competition

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042342633     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1090-5138(03)00033-3     Document Type: Article

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