Characteristics of the family of origin and of the present nuclear family were related to 10 factor-analytically derived dimensions of teacher behavior, based on student questionnaire responses. Birth order in family of origin was related to “criticism, disapproval, hostility vs tolerance” (with first borns more critical, later-borns more tolerant) among 69 male teachers of adults. The sex of the majority of the teachers' children related to a personalism factor, those with mostly male children tending to teach “impersonally;” those with mostly female children tending to teach with “personal expression.”
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