Differences in Parental Differential Treatment, Locus Of Control and Achievement Motivation among The First And Last Born
Journal Title: INDIAN JOURNAL OF MENTAL HEALTH - Year 2016, Vol 3, Issue 4
Abstract
Introduction: The aim of this research was to examine differences between first and last born individuals in areas of perceived levels of Parental Differential Treatment (PDT), Locus of Control (LOC) and Achievement motivation (AM). This research hypothesized that differences would be seen among first and last born individuals on variables of PDT, measured by Maternal and Paternal scales, LOC and AM. Methodology: The sample set of the research, included 120 young adult participants between the age group of 18 -25 years, living in Mumbai, Chennai and Bangalore. These participants were selected using the purposive sampling method, which is a non-probability sampling procedure. It is where, the participants are selected because of some characteristic which they possess as in the present study, the biological relatedness between siblings, age-disparity, equal representation of birth order among two-dyad siblings (first and last born), non- separation of parents, shared childhood experiences and absence of any disability of a participant’s sibling or self were screened for in the present study. The age spacing between the participants and their biological sibling was controlled to be between 1 to 4 years. Results: Results of an independent samples t test show that there was no statistically significant difference between the first born (M=3.38, SD=.45, N=60) and last born individuals (M=3.36, SD=.40, N=60) on the Maternal scale of the SIDE; t(118)=.254, p>0.05 two-tailed. It was noted that, the computed t value of 0.254 was found to be non significant and hence, the differences in the two groups on Maternal Differential Treatment were found to be not significant. Thus, it could be inferred that the two groups felt equally favored by their mothers as compared to their siblings while growing up. Conclusion: Results revealed of no significant differences between the first and last born individuals on variables of Parental Differential Treatment – Maternal and Paternal scales, and Achievement motivation scores. This may be attributed to several possible and plausible reasons such as birth order, family constellation, psychological birth order, child’s perception of the role to be played and many more.
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Srishti R. Haldipur, Reshma Murali, Archana Patki
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- DOI 10.30877/IJMH.3.4.2016.491-498
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