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Relatedly, birth order position also appears to influence our competitiveness. Researchers have found that firstborns pursue “mastery goals,” where competence is determined by others.

To help combat the chances of someone, such as your child, developing narcissistic personality disorder, Reiser said it’s a good idea to cultivate empathy starting at a young age, whether that’s by ...

One of the birth order stereotypes that did hold up: The oldest siblings tended to score highest on the IQ test, with IQ scores declining slightly with every subsequent sibling. (This could be ...

Science Birth order doesn’t affect your personality—just your intelligence Extraversion and other personality traits can't be attributed to your status as middle child.

While some scientists say the whole personality thing (you know, the youngest kids are rebellious and the oldest are bossy, for example) is a total myth, birth order can affect us in unexpected ways.

According to the Huffington Post, “since the 1970s, thousands of scientific studies on birth order have been conducted, but psychologists often disagree about how much of a role birth order ...

When it comes to birth order, it seems that everyone has something to say. While many middle children say, “I feel invisible!” firstborns may complain about extra responsibilities.

Other factors that throw off birth order influence include temperament, gender, physicality, age spacing and something called "specialness," according to Real Simple.

And birth-order characteristics, she said, are something that just emerge naturally when parents add more than one child to the family.

A major problem with birth order studies is the difficulty of conducting them well. Today, with so many blended families made up of step-siblings and half-siblings, it is hard not only to ...

Birth order can help determine compatibility, according to a new book. Feb. 11, 2011— -- "Fun-loving, raven-haired beauty who loves good food and good wine looking for a guy with a great ...