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Classic older child? What the science says about birth order and personality

Classic older child? What the science says about birth order and personality

Science Weekly vor 2 Jahren

Madeleine Finlay meets Dr Julia Rohrer, a personality psychologist at the University of Leipzig, to unpick the science behind our intuition about birth order

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We all know the cliches about older siblings being responsible,
younger ones being creative, and middle children being peacemakers.
But is there any evidence our position in the family has an impact
on our personality? Madeleine Finlay meets Dr Julia Rohrer, a
personality psychologist at the University of Leipzig, to unpick
the science behind our intuition about birth order. Help support
our independent journalism at theguardian.com/sciencepod