Birth Order and Dependence Patterns of College Students in Lebanon  

Oleh:

Tomeh, Aida K.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Journal of Marriage and the Family vol. 34 no. 02 (May 1972), page 361.

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The relationship between birth order and dependence patterns in decision making and advice seeking are analyzed in a study based on a total sample of women college students in Lebanon. About one-half of the students in the sample are from Lebanon, the others are from different countries in the Middle East who live in Lebanon only for purposes of study. Findings show that paternal authority is perceived to be most important in the academic and economic interests of first-born children in particular, whereas the mother is generally associated with their social activities and siblings are invariably significant for the last-born in all areas. The described familial pattern of dependence becomes distinct in the more traditional segments of the population. Self-initiative is noticeable among all sibling ranks in areas where a choice is to be made. Teachers are consistently underscored and friends are equally important in the social world of first- and last-born children with some variation according to population characteristics. Theoretically, the relatively high dependence on familial members of the first-born girl as compared to the last-born supports the proposition that the former is tradition-oriented. The apparent differential by birth order is interpreted in the context of differential socialization of children of different ordinal positions. Moreover, variations by birth order in the increased importance of friends in some population groups implies a change in the functions of the family as a result of changing conditions in a transitional society like the Middle East

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