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| Type | Journal Article |
| Scope | Discipline-based scholarship |
| Title | No evidence that siblings’ gender affects personality across nine countries |
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| Item Subtype | Original Work |
| Refereed | Yes |
| Status | Published in final form |
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| Journal Title | Psychological Science |
| Publisher | Sage Publications |
| Geographical Reach | international |
| ISSN | 0956-7976 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Number | 9 |
| Page Range | 1574 - 1587 |
| Date | 2022 |
| Abstract Text | Does growing up with a sister rather than a brother affect personality? In this article, we provide a comprehensive analysis of the effects of siblings’ gender on adults’ personality, using data from 85,887 people from 12 large representative surveys covering nine countries (United States, United Kingdom, The Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, Australia, Mexico, China, and Indonesia). We investigated the personality traits of risk tolerance, trust, patience, locus of control, and the Big Five. We found no meaningful causal effects of the gender of the next younger sibling and no associations with the gender of the next older sibling. Given the high statistical power and consistent results in the overall sample and relevant subsamples, our results suggest that siblings’ gender does not systematically affect personality. |
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| Digital Object Identifier | 10.1177/09567976221094630 |
| Other Identification Number | merlin-id:23242 |
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| Keywords | General psychology, personality, siblings, gender, open materials |