Birth order and locus of control revisited: Sex of siblings as a moderating factor

Psychological Reports

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 419-422

  Hughes, Brian M ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

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EID: 29544436081     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.97.2.419-422     Document Type: Review

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