The Effects of Group Membership upon Birth Order Differences in Anxiety and Affiliation

• Main Author: Kennelly, Kevin Joseph
• Other Authors: Bonney, Merl E. (Merl Edwin), 1902-
• Format: Others
• Language: English
• Published: North Texas State University 1963
• Subjects: birth order; affiliation; social organization; anxiety; sorority
• Online Access: https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc108201/

The present study has a twofold purpose. First, it will attempt to ascertain whether ordinal position remains an effective discriminator of affiliative need and level of anxiety within the selective confines of a strong social organization, a college sorority; or whether the selective criterion of membership in the strong social organization tends to suppress the differences in affiliative need and level of anxiety between the ordinal positions. Secondly, it will attempt to further explore the relationship between affiliation and dependency.