Birth Order, Effect on Personality, and Behavior

Encyclopedia of Human Behavior: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 353-359

  Salmon, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REDLANDS   (United States)

Author keywords

Big five; Birth order; Family environment; Fitness; Niche picking; Parent offspring conflict; Parental investment; Personality; Risk taking; Sibling competition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84961169706     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-375000-6.00064-1     Document Type: Chapter

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