Argues that conflicting results concerning the affiliative personality of firstborns and later-borns can be explained by considering the importance of the birth of a sibling and the age spacing between the siblings. It is particularly important to determine whether the sibling was born before or after the firstborn was 3 yrs old, since this age represents the period during which the individuation-separation process is completed. The birth of a sibling before this age would give rise to affiliation and succorance needs, which are considered together under the name of "symbiotic dependence." Comparisons between the responses to the EPPS given by 32 pairs of firstborns, 17-19 yrs old, revealed that firstborns having siblings less than 3 yrs younger showed greater affiliation and succorance needs than firstborns not having close siblings
Age spacing in firstborns and symbiotic dependence.
CORNOLDI, CESARE;
1976
Abstract
Argues that conflicting results concerning the affiliative personality of firstborns and later-borns can be explained by considering the importance of the birth of a sibling and the age spacing between the siblings. It is particularly important to determine whether the sibling was born before or after the firstborn was 3 yrs old, since this age represents the period during which the individuation-separation process is completed. The birth of a sibling before this age would give rise to affiliation and succorance needs, which are considered together under the name of "symbiotic dependence." Comparisons between the responses to the EPPS given by 32 pairs of firstborns, 17-19 yrs old, revealed that firstborns having siblings less than 3 yrs younger showed greater affiliation and succorance needs than firstborns not having close siblings
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