A multilevel approach to the relationship between birth order and intelligence

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 117-127

  Wichman, Aaron L ^a   Rodgers, Joseph Lee ^b   MacCallum, Robert C ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth order; Hierarchical; Intelligence; Multilevel; Nested; NLSY

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BIRTH ORDER; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; BIRTH ORDER; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 30344464080     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167205279581     Document Type: Review

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