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A Tale of Two Variables: A Review of the Intellectual Consequences of Sibship Size and Birth Order

University of South Carolina

This paper critiques the literature on the relationship between sibling structure and academic abilities and achievement since Cicirelli’s (1978) earlier commentary on this topic. Assessed is the extent to which the confluence model, a theoretical explanation of the influence of sibling structure, fits the empirical observations made recently on the association between sibship structure and intellectual development. Since the studies reviewed in general tend to refute the confluence model, alternative interpretations of the impact of sibling structure on academic consequences are presented. Implications for future research are also provided.

Review of Educational Research, Vol. 55, No. 3, 353-386 (1985)
DOI: 10.3102/00346543055003353


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