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In Expectation of Meta-Analysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 May 2016

Cécile Ernst
Cécile Ernst*
Affiliation:
Psychiatric University Clinic Burghölzli, Switzerland
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Iam surprised and glad that our book, Birth Order (Ernst and Angst), which appeared in 1983, is still quoted in a controversial discussion. We wrote the book with little support and even less sophistication. By the vote-counting method, the result was unequivocal: birth order did not appear as an environmental factor with predictable effects on personality or psychiatric disorder. When the book was written, we were unable to use meta-analysis. If someone found it worthwhile and possible to reanalyze by meta-analysis the studies mentioned in our book or published later, the result of this effort could determine the value of doing any further research.

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Roundtable Commentaries
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Politics and the Life Sciences , Volume 19 , Issue 2 , September 2000 , pp. 159 - 160
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Copyright © Association for Politics and the Life Sciences 

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References

Ernst, C. and Angst, J. (1983). Birth Order: Its Influence on Personality. Berlin: Springer-Verlag.CrossRefGoogle Scholar