Birth order doesn’t affect your personality—just your intelligence Extraversion and other personality traits can't be attributed to your status as middle child.

Birth order can also have an impact in unexpected areas. For example, researchers found that firstborn children have a greater difficulty absorbing sugars into the blood and have a higher daytime ...

So, while “birth order theory” can be a fun way to test your compatibility with a potential partner, it’s important not to rely on entirely on this or other theories to plan out your love life.

The role of birth order in personality: An enduring intellectual legacy of Alfred Adler. The Journal of Individual Psychology, 68(1), 60-61. Stewart, Alan E., (2012).

Previous research has linked birth order with everything from personality to IQ to romantic preferences. A 2007 Norwegian study found that the link between birth order and IQ score depends on the ...

What your birth order might say about who you date, according to science. READ MORE: Scientists reveal four key signs of an impending breakup By ELLYN LAPOINTE. Published: 15:50 EDT, 30 August ...

Each birth order position certainly has its ups and downs, but with some careful consideration on your part, each child will thrive, no matter their place in your family.

The associations of birth order with birth weight and length were slightly stronger in Pelotas compared with ALSPAC; for example, in the Pelotas 2004 cohort first born children had a birth weight ...

Do you consider yourself an eldest daughter through and through? Wherever you sit in your family’s line-up, birth order matters. It might be the reason you feel such a strong need to care for others ...