Event Title
Sibling Birth Order and Social Competence
Faculty Mentor
Tsu-Min Chiang
Keywords
Tsu-Min Chiang
Abstract
The presence of siblings has an effect on the social and emotional development of children. Older siblings often act as a surrogate parent, as they mature, they teach and tutor younger siblings. However, specifically how birth order influences the development of social emotional competence has not been fully explored. First-born children may affect later born sibling’s social emotional competence development by providing modeling. Furthermore, the 1st born child is often given more responsibility and is expected to be well behaved. The present study examines whether birth order affects the development of social competence. It is expected the first-born children would have higher social competence than later born children. Data is based on teachers’ Social Competence and Behavior Checklist (SCBE) ratings. The findings and implications will be discussed at the Undergraduate Research Conference.
Session Name:
Psychology and Criminal Justice Potpourri I: Studies of Gender Stereotypes, Sibling Birth Order, Contrained Behaviors, and Fear of Crime
Start Date
4-4-2014 1:15 PM
End Date
4-4-2014 2:15 PM
Location
HSB 121
Sibling Birth Order and Social Competence
HSB 121
The presence of siblings has an effect on the social and emotional development of children. Older siblings often act as a surrogate parent, as they mature, they teach and tutor younger siblings. However, specifically how birth order influences the development of social emotional competence has not been fully explored. First-born children may affect later born sibling’s social emotional competence development by providing modeling. Furthermore, the 1st born child is often given more responsibility and is expected to be well behaved. The present study examines whether birth order affects the development of social competence. It is expected the first-born children would have higher social competence than later born children. Data is based on teachers’ Social Competence and Behavior Checklist (SCBE) ratings. The findings and implications will be discussed at the Undergraduate Research Conference.