The associations of birth order with personality and intelligence in a representative sample of U.S. high school students

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 58, Issue , 2015, Pages 96-105

  Damian, Rodica Ioana ^a   Roberts, Brent W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth order; Family background; Intelligence; Personality; Project Talent

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937042615     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2015.05.005     Document Type: Article

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