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A Couple’s Activity for Understanding Birth Order Effects: Introducing the Birth Order Research-Based Questionnaire (BORQ)

SABA University School of Medicine, Netherlands Antilles, d.eckstein{at}yahoo.com

Mark A. Sperber

Department of Counseling and Educational Leadership, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas

Kristen Aycock Miller

Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia

In an effort to explore the role of family of origin (or equivalent) issues as they affect a couple’s relationship, the authors introduce the Birth Order Research-Based Questionnaire (BORQ). Couples will also be asked to participate in other interview questions to assess each individual’s birth order effects and family of origin. A brief review of the birth order literature is included as well as an appendix documenting the birth order traits for oldest, only, middle, and youngest. The article concludes with the implications of the couple’s activity.

Key Words: couples birth order • research on birth order • couples interview • personality • birth order and relationships

This version was published on October 1, 2009

The Family Journal, Vol. 17, No. 4, 342-349 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/1066480709347356


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