Is Birth Order Important?

The birth order is also known as the family line, and Austrian psychologist Alfred Adler (1870-1937) first studied this. Refers to the sequence in which children are born in the family, which has a certain impact on children's personality and behavior development. ^[1]
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The birth order is also known as the family line, and Austrian psychologist Alfred Adler (1870-1937) first studied this. Refers to the sequence in which children are born in the family, which has a certain impact on children's personality and behavior development. ^[1]

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Adler was the first psychologist to emphasize the role of birth order in personality formation. Individuals have different positions in the family due to their different births, which can lead to different styles. Birth order plays an important role in the formation of personality. Children's upward will is very strong. When they get along with brothers and sisters, they want to fight for superiority, especially to monopolize the love of their parents. Older brothers and sisters hold their own names, give orders to their brothers and sisters, and even bully others; brothers and sisters know that they are weak, but they can win with tenderness, because they respect and obey their parents and can win their parents' favor. In short, children all strive for advantage, but the methods and methods to achieve the goal are different.

Adler researched the personality characteristics of the eldest son, second son, youngest son, and only child. He believed that the eldest son had always been the central figure of concern before the birth of his siblings. Will quickly decline. The birth of a younger brother will cause distress to the eldest son. He is apt to have jealousy and insecurity, is more lonely and stubborn, is hostile to people, and has a strong sense of inferiority. Adler said he often finds "problem children, neurotic patients, criminals, alcoholics, and sexual perverts" in first-born children. Adler has a positive evaluation of the middle child and believes that the second child is the happiest. Because parents generally do not give them too much covetousness, they often have a strong desire to pursue superiority, and will try to catch up with their brother or sister. Compare and try to surpass them as your own driving force. " They are ambitious and ambitious. Adler believes that among the problem children, the first child is the largest, and the last child is also present. Because they were indulged by family members in childhood, they were always regarded as "babies", so they lacked creativity, had a strong sense of inferiority, and felt that the people around them were stronger than him. Birth order does play a role in children's personality development, but children's personality development is very complicated and affected by many variables. It is incomplete to use children's birth order to explain children's personality development history. The influence of children's birth order on personality development has been the subject of research by psychologists. Some findings support Adler's point of view, but not all studies. Studies now show that in terms of intelligence, birth order has an increasing relationship with children's IQ, but genius children are not included. According to the Thomson study, the eldest son has the largest proportion of gifted children. Behavioral therapy practice shows that it cannot be said which birth order is the worst. Children born in any order have personality distress, and the number of distressed is roughly equal ^.