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Birth Oder, Personality and Risk-Taking Behaviour among Adolescents and Young Adults


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This aim of the research was to study the differences between first-boms and later-bom in terms of personality and risk-taking behaviour. For the purpose of this study, between subject design was utilised. A sample size of 120 was selected, comprising of adolescents and young adults falling in the age group of 16 to 25. A self- developed demographic sheet, The Eysenck Personality Inventory and The Dospert Scale were used to study the three parameters. In the sample population, it was found that neuroticism was significantly different across birth orders (p<0.05). However, no such difference was revealed while considering the dimension of extraversion. Similarly, risk-taking propensity was also not found to be significantly different (p>0.05). Male and female subject did not differ significantly in four out of five domains of risk-taking behaviour. Significant difference was found between the genders in case of recreational domain of risk-taking behaviour. Future research can take into account a wider sample size, geographical area, and more subsets of the variables and finally can take up a more multicultural study.

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Birth-Order, Personality, Risk-Taking, First-Borns, Later-Boms.
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Authors

Prachi Gupta
Department of Psychology, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Rashi Sharma
Department of Psychology, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Ritirikta Mishra
Department of Psychology, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Ritisikta Mishra
Department of Psychology, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Sanjyoti Agrawal
Department of Psychology, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Swati Singh
Department of Psychology, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Abstract


This aim of the research was to study the differences between first-boms and later-bom in terms of personality and risk-taking behaviour. For the purpose of this study, between subject design was utilised. A sample size of 120 was selected, comprising of adolescents and young adults falling in the age group of 16 to 25. A self- developed demographic sheet, The Eysenck Personality Inventory and The Dospert Scale were used to study the three parameters. In the sample population, it was found that neuroticism was significantly different across birth orders (p<0.05). However, no such difference was revealed while considering the dimension of extraversion. Similarly, risk-taking propensity was also not found to be significantly different (p>0.05). Male and female subject did not differ significantly in four out of five domains of risk-taking behaviour. Significant difference was found between the genders in case of recreational domain of risk-taking behaviour. Future research can take into account a wider sample size, geographical area, and more subsets of the variables and finally can take up a more multicultural study.

Keywords


Birth-Order, Personality, Risk-Taking, First-Borns, Later-Boms.

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