Birth Order and Aggressive Behavior
Date Submitted: 09/20/2004 08:30:11
Category: / Social Sciences / Psychology
Length: 11 pages (3161 words)
Category: / Social Sciences / Psychology
Length: 11 pages (3161 words)
BIRTH ORDER AND AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR
ABSTRACT
The purpose of this research is to determine if birth order correlates to a demonstration of aggressiveness in kindergarten aged children. It is hypothesized that middle born children will demonstrate the most aggressive tendencies, last born children would experience less than the first born, and only children would have the least when compared to all other birth orders. This quasi-experimental methodology will involve a field study of children from …
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