Settling the debate on birth order and personality

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychology, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204; ridamian@uh.edu bwrobrts@illinois.edu.
² Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL 61820 ridamian@uh.edu bwrobrts@illinois.edu.

Comment

Rodica Ioana Damian et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015.

. 2015 Nov 17;112(46):14119-20.

doi: 10.1073/pnas.1519064112. Epub 2015 Oct 30.

¹ Department of Psychology, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204; ridamian@uh.edu bwrobrts@illinois.edu.
² Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL 61820 ridamian@uh.edu bwrobrts@illinois.edu.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Examining the effects of birth order on personality.
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