HYPOCHONDRIA IN WOMEN AS A FUNCTION OF BIRTH-ORDER

Authors
SKINNER NF
Citation
Nf. Skinner, HYPOCHONDRIA IN WOMEN AS A FUNCTION OF BIRTH-ORDER, Psychological reports, 80(3), 1997, pp. 1344-1346
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology
Journal title
Psychological reports → ACNP
ISSN journal
00332941
Volume
80
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Part
2
Pages
1344 - 1346
Database
ISI
SICI code
0033-2941(1997)80:3<1344:HIWAAF>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
The hypothesis that firstborn women would score higher than laterborn women on a measure of hypochondria was supported. This result is expla ined in terms of parental treatment, specifically, the modeling of gre ater concern about the health of their girls by inexperienced parents.