The birth order along with ratings of remembered parental strictness-permissiveness were obtained from 116 university students. For the total sample, firstborns regarded both parents as significantly more strict than laterborns, and firstborn women rated their fathers as significantly more strict than laterborn women. Discussion was given to previous investigations that were both consistent and inconsistent with these results.
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