The Effect Of Birth Order On Achievement: A Study On A Sample Of Public Employees

Year 2015, Volume: 65 Issue: 2, 1 - 13, 01.12.2015

Tekin Akgeyik

Abstract

Birth order studies have received an increasing academic interest since
Adler (1920). During the last several decades a number of researchers have
investigated the influence of birth order, contributing to the intelligence,
career preferences and success. The purpose of the present paper is to
summary key findings from a study on the correlations between birth order
and the participants’ achievement of certain indicators in a Turkish sample.
Briefly, the statistical analysis concluded that birth order was significantly
correlated with achievement on the ASGT scores. Secondly, the analysis of
variance revealed that there were statistically significant differences between
the ASGT scores of participants by gender and birth order. Finally, the
regression analysis suggested that family size was found to be an insignificant
predictor of the participants’ achievement scores. 

Keywords

birth order, number of siblings, achievement, sex differences

DOĞUM SIRASININ BAŞARIYA ETKİSİ: KAMU ÇALIŞANLARI ÖRNEKLEMİ ÜZERİNE BİR ARAŞTIRMA

Abstract

Doğrum sırası araştırmaları Adler’den (1920) beri artan bir akademik
ilgi çekmektedir. Son 20 yıllık dönemde birçok araştırmacı doğrum sıra-
sının zekâya, kariyer tercihine ve başarıya etkisini irdelemiştir. Bu araş-
tırmanın amacı, doğum sırası ile katılımcıların başarı arasındaki ilişkiyi
inceleyen bir araştırmanın temel bulgularını ortaya koymaktır. İstatistiksel
analizler, katılımcıların ALES sonuçları açısından doğrum sırası ile başarı
arasında anlamlı bir ilişki olduğunu göstermiştir. İkinci olarak, katılımcıla-
rın ALES sonuçları arasında cinsiyet ve doğum sırası açısından istatistiksel
olarak anlamlı bir farklılık tespit edilmiştir. Regresyon analizleri, aile bü-
yüklüğünün katılımcıların başarı skorlarının belirleyicisi olmadığını ortaya
koymuştur. 

Keywords

doğum sırası, kardeş sayısı, başarı, cinsiyet farklılığı

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