TY - JOUR
T1 - Relationships of birth order, parent-child relationship, personality, and academic performance
AU - Ha, Tshui Sun
AU - Tam, Cai Lian
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - This study investigated the relationships between birth order, personality, academic performance, and parent-child relationship amongst 120 college students from the Klang Valley. The sample constituted of 30 firstborns, 30 middleborns, 30 lastborns, and 30 only children with a mean age of 20.0 years (SD= 1.85). Instruments used in this study were Ten Item Personality Inventory (TIPI) and Parent-Child Relationship Survey (PCRS). Results indicated that participants of different birth orders did not differ significantly in terms of their personality, academic performance and parent-child relationship. Furthermore, this study also found no relationship between parent-child relationship and academic performance. However, extraversion was found to be correlated positively with academic performance. Besides, this study also indicated that parent-child relationship did correlate with children s openness to experience, emotional stability, and conscientiousness. This implies the importance of a match between one s personality trait and field of study, as well as the importance of good parenting practices.
AB - This study investigated the relationships between birth order, personality, academic performance, and parent-child relationship amongst 120 college students from the Klang Valley. The sample constituted of 30 firstborns, 30 middleborns, 30 lastborns, and 30 only children with a mean age of 20.0 years (SD= 1.85). Instruments used in this study were Ten Item Personality Inventory (TIPI) and Parent-Child Relationship Survey (PCRS). Results indicated that participants of different birth orders did not differ significantly in terms of their personality, academic performance and parent-child relationship. Furthermore, this study also found no relationship between parent-child relationship and academic performance. However, extraversion was found to be correlated positively with academic performance. Besides, this study also indicated that parent-child relationship did correlate with children s openness to experience, emotional stability, and conscientiousness. This implies the importance of a match between one s personality trait and field of study, as well as the importance of good parenting practices.
UR - http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/87501750/relationships-birth-order-parent-child-relationship-personality-academic-performance
M3 - Article
SN - 0128-7702
VL - 21
SP - 17
EP - 52
JO - Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities
JF - Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities
IS - 1
ER -