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The Human relationship of Nascency Order and Gender with Academic Standing and Substance Employ Among Youth in Latin America

Pilar Horner

¹School of Social Work, Michigan State University

Fernando Andrade

^twoSchool of Education, University of Michigan

Jorge Delva

^threeSchool of Social Work, University of Michigan

Andy Grogan-Kaylor

^threeSchool of Social Work, University of Michigan

Marcela Castillo

^ivInstituto de Nutrición y Tecnología de los Alimentos (INTA), Universidad de Chile

Abstract

Alfred Adler attempted to understand how family affects youth outcomes by considering the order of when a child enters a family (Adler, 1964). Adler's theory posits that birth order formation impacts individuals. Nosotros tested Adler's nascence lodge theory using data from a cross-sectional survey of 946 Chilean youths. We examined how birth order and gender are associated with drug use and educational outcomes using iii different birth order inquiry models including: (1) Expedient Research, (two) Adler's birth order position, and (3) Family unit Size theoretical models. Analyses were conducted with structural equation modeling (SEM). Nosotros conclude that nativity order has an of import relationship with substance use outcomes for youth just has differing furnishings for educational achievement beyond both nascence order status and gender.

Introduction

Studies indicate that family unit dynamics play an important role with regard to drug apply and educational outcomes for youth (Allison, 1992; Bachman et. al., 2008; Bergen, Martin, Roeger, & Allison, 2005; Chilcoat, Dishion, & Anthony, 1995; Hill, Hawkins, Catalano, Abbott, & Guo, 2005; Yu, 2003). One theory developed by Alfred Adler attempts to sympathize how family matters by because the order of when a child enters a family (Adler, 1964). Adler'due south theory posits that unlike positions in a family unit birth order may be correlated both positive and negative life outcomes. For example, researchers take noted that first-built-in children accept an increased susceptibility to both drug use equally well as positive educational outcomes (Laird & Shelton, 2006). Though limited in telescopic, new studies take indicated that Adler's theory may take relevance with other cultures. The first born son may accept more positive life outcome expectations due to prevailing cultural sentiments, which includes decision making for the family (Galanti, 2003). Birth order status may also be affected past gender, for example, roles in the family may be correlated with birth society and with expectations of caregiving and/or conclusion making. For the purposes of this paper, we examined the influence of youth sex and birth order on drug use and education outcomes. We tested the Adlerian Individual Psychology theory to evaluate the importance of birth order and gender on instruction and whether or not youth had ever used cigarettes, alcohol, or marijuana with a sample of youths living in Santiago, Chile. Adlerian theory has non been widely applied to various populations, and none in South America, therefore this theoretical framework could illuminate how family characteristics bear on culturally different populations.

Nascence Order and Adlerian Theory

Alfred Adler "was the starting time to develop a comprehensive theory of personality, psychological disorders and psychotherapy, which represented an alternative to the views of Freud" (Adler, 1964, p. ix–ten). One facet of his complex trunk of work involves the importance of nativity order for youth outcomes. Adlerian Theory suggests that birth order and the number of siblings affect a child'due south potential. Adler called upon the importance of understanding the "Family Constellation":

"Information technology is a common fallacy to imagine that children of the same family are formed in the same environment. Of course there is much which is the same for all in the aforementioned home, simply the psychic situation of each child is individual and differs from that of others, considering of the order of their succession" (Adler, 1964, p. 96).

Scholars have shown that both psychological and actual birth order impact individual outcomes. They annotation that "although researchers accept examined the furnishings of birth order on intelligence, achievement, and personality, many of these studies accept insuperable flaws, and the best work has produced weak or inconsistent results" (Freese & Powell, 1998, p. 57). Issues that ascend include "methodological difficulties, the likelihood of very small effect sizes (if any), and the uncertain theoretical status of birth position" (Stagner, 1986, p. 377). Contrary to these findings, more contempo work holds to the strength of birth order equally an important gene associated with different outcomes, particularly for commencement-born individuals. For instance, Sulloway (1996) studied evidence that examined the question of why some individuals—for him revolutionary scientists—rebel and achieve remarkable breakthroughs in their fields (i.e., Darwin). In his book he developed a strong theoretical opinion on how birth order influences children'southward outcomes within families. Sulloway (1996) claims that nascence order has been criticized unfairly due largely to methodological issues, His discussion takes into account family dynamics of historic period, gender, grade, and wealth to support the conclusion that "siblings raised together are almost as different in their personalities as people from unlike families" (p. thirteen). From this point of view, Sulloway goes on to develop a complex narrative that interweaves biological and social sciences to bear witness how family and nativity order touch on children's outcomes. Even so, other scholars have suggested that beyond many outcomes, variation betwixt siblings may be greater than variation between families, suggesting that much territory remains to be explored to understand the complex family dynamics which do touch on life outcomes for individuals (Conley, 2004). In addition, Freese, Powell, & Steelman (1999) argue that birth club effects that extend beyond personal attributes to social attitudes are minimal. Nonetheless they notation that "although we find no prove supporting Sulloway'due south theoretical claims, our results cannot be taken as an indictment of evolutionary perspectives" (Freese, Powell, & Steelman (1999), p. 236).

This paper looks at the effects of actual birth order on several variables. We recognize that Adler suggested that psychological birth order is of vital importance to understanding a field of study's interpretation of their situation in an environment (such as the family) (Adler, 1937). Studies have pointed to the usefulness in understanding psychological birth order; for example, 1 project looked at 134 school aged children using the White-Campbell Psychological Nativity Gild Inventory instrument and found support that psychological birth guild effects coping skills (Pilkington, White, & Matheny, 1997). The validity of the White-Campbell Psychological Birth Guild Inventory Musical instrument to further discover that psychological nativity lodge effects may trump actual birth order has as well been noted (Stewart & Campbell, 1998). Other more than recent studies take examined psychological nascency order with college students looking at: family atmosphere and personality (Stewart, Stewart, & Campbell, 2001); lifestyle issues (Gfroerer, Gfroerer, Curlette, White, & Kern, 2003); and multidemensional perfectionism (Ashby, LoCicero, & Kenny, 2003). However, research has consistently shown that looking at bodily birth order offers useful insights. In his review of birth order manufactures from 1960 to 1999, Eckstein (1998) reported statistically meaning nascency order studies (though not psychological birth-social club studies) and offers some support for works looking at actual nascency order. His review specifically notes that research has shown personality differences amongst subjects according to iv major categories: oldest, middle, youngest, and single (p. 482). As Adler suggested, individuals in families experience difference environments within the same family and some of those differences can be attributed to birth-social club (Sullivan & Schwebel, 1996). In a written report looking at ninety-three never-married firstborn, middle-born, and terminal-born undergraduate students, Sullivan & Schwebel institute consistency with Adler'due south theory in individuals' relationship-cognitions (1996, p. 60). Another written report looked at 154 students at a big southern univeristy to asses actual birth lodge on internal and external attributions and constitute that attributions differed by nascency order for positive attributions (Phillips & Phillips, 1998). 1 study examined 900 undergraduates who were asked to locate their nativity order, the birth order of the parents and that of their best friend. This study provided bear witness that showed individuals who shared the same nascence order were more likely to exist romantically involved or have close relationships with other similar nativity order individuals (Hartshorne, Salem-Hartshorne, & Hartshorne, 2009).

The field remains contentious. Other researchers have critized birth order scholarship on predicting only positive outcomes such every bit success in careers, examination scores, and income (Argys, Rees, Averrett, & Witoonchart, 2006). Researchers suggest that useful information about youth outcomes can also be understood by examining risky behavior for children, such as drug use and sex activity. For instance, a recent report, examined how understanding birth order within family dynamics could bear upon young African American college students:

"Connecting a link between birth order and booze would constitute a "within family" measure report. The concept of "within family unit" concentrates on individual siblings and their sibling nascency positions. Investigation factors such as an individual'due south sibling position in relation to alcohol consumption may facilitate a better understanding of college drinking patterns and other high-risk behaviors" (Laird & Shelton, 2006, p. 19).

Thus, it is helpful to arroyo international settings using Adler's theories in order to examine if at that place are effects that the children's birth order roles have on both positive (educational outcomes) and negative (high-risk drug apply patterns) life choices.

Adler's work has rarely been applied to an international context, but contempo work points to its persisting relevance. From a written report that took data from the Department of Human being Services from various years (2003–2007) of over 95,000 people from twelve Sub-Saharan Countries researchers developed a framework using fixed effect regressions per country for understanding how nascency order affects first born educational outcomes while accounting for SES and gender Tenikue & Verheyden, 2010.

Understanding how nascency order and gender function within the context of diverse populations, in this case an international context, can be an important and vital area for researchers to explore. Start, these studies further explain and meliorate culturally competent approaches for mental health practitioners and others interested in evidence-based work. Secondly, such piece of work can contribute to the overall theory and literature on nativity club.

Even so, assessing the effects of birth order accept had mixed success (Solloway, 1996). To further contribute to our understanding of nascence order effects on youth behaviors, and building upon the work of prior researchers (Jordan, Whiteside, & Manaster, 1982), we tested whether three theoretical models of birth social club differentially accounted for variation in bookish standing and substance employ among community-dwelling house adolescents in Santiago, Chile. These models were outset suggested by Jorden, Whiteside, and Manaster (1982) equally a fashion to test for possible nativity order effects. These authors note that models were taken from previous research and consist of three slightly different ways of measuring nativity order. The offset model is called "inquiry expedient" and takes into account first child only, the middle child, and the youngest including children who are the second child of only two children (Falbo, 1977; 1981). The second model is called "Adler's nativity club positions" and looks again at 'merely child', simply adds new levels of first kid, the second child, the middle of at least three children in a family unit, and the youngest kid non including the second child of ii children (Shulman & Mosak, 1977). Finally, we used Shulman and Mosak (1977) every bit cited in Jordan, et. al (1982) family size model that takes into business relationship family size (small, medium, or big) and so looks again at the birth order inside those levels of family unit size. For case, this model considers the only child of a pocket-size, medium, or large family; then the model continues with outset born; second born, middle children, and youngest children each within a small, medium, and large family. Nosotros chose the dependent variables, youth substance use and educational outcomes for the post-obit reasons: first, studies have shown that these variables have some correlation with nascence gild (Laird & Shelton, 2006); secondly, drug utilise has been seen as a rise result for populations in Latin America, and one style to treat this problem is through examining educational outcomes.

In the present study we used these three definitions of nascency order to business relationship for differing opinions equally to the efficacy of nascence order studies. This work then can contribute to the nascency club literature by testing models that take into business relationship the expedient research, Adler'southward nativity club position, and family size definitions of nascency order. To date, we are not aware of whatever studies that accept tested more than i model of nascency order simultaneously and that have examined Latin American populations for agreement how birth ordering and gender may be associated with youth educational outcomes and substance apply and misuse.

Method

This study used cross-exclusive data from the Santiago Longitudinal Study, a NIDA-funded report of adolescents and their families in Santiago Chile. Participants included 946 youth (hateful age fourteen years, fifty% male person) from municipalities of mid- to depression- socioeconomic status. Participants were recruited from a sample of approximately i,200 youth who several years earlier had participated in a study of iron and nutritional status at INTA (Lozoff, et al., 2003). In 2008–2010, youth completed assessments that consisted of a ii-60 minutes interviewer-administered questionnaire with comprehensive questions on drug use, drug opportunities, and a range of individual, familial, and contextual variables. Youth and their parental caregiver (unremarkably the mother) were brought to the interview site where the survey was administered by a licensed psychologist.

Measures

Dependent measurements

Nosotros used ii latent factors equally dependent variables. I is a latent factor representing substance use while the 2d is a latent factor measuring academic standing. The substance use latent gene is composed by three indicators of substance apply – whether the respondent had ever used alcohol, cigarettes, and marijuana. Each of these three indicators is a dummy-coded variable recording whether or not the adolescent has e'er consumed alcohol, cigarettes, or marijuana, respectively.

The academic continuing latent factor is composed by iv indicators about adolescents' cocky written report on their academic standing compared to their classmates. These four indicators stand for to four subjects; linguistic communication arts, history, mathematics and science. These questions are from the Youth Self Report (Achenbach & Rescorla, 2001) whereby for each of these subjects, adolescents were asked to signal how they were doing in comparison to their peers. Response categories were as follows: "one=Failing", "two=Below average", "3=Average", "4=To a higher place average".

Independent measurements

The main contained variable is birth order. As indicated earlier, in this study nosotros tested theoretical models using three definitions of birth society: enquiry expedient, Adler's nativity guild position, and family unit size (Jordan, Whiteside, & Manaster, 1982).

According to the 'Research Expedient' operationalization of nascence guild, there are four categories: First born, simply child, centre children and youngest including the second of two. In our study we used offset born every bit the reference category. Using "Adler's nascence order" definition, we operationalize birth order as having v categories: Just child, first born, second child, heart children at to the lowest degree of three and youngest excluding seconds. The reference category was first born. Finally, using a "Family size" definition, nascency order is operationalized based on the combination of family size and birth order. Small families are divers every bit having but one or 2 children, middle families having three to 4 children and big families as having five or more children. Based on this categorization of family size at that place are twelve categories of nascence lodge. Yet, because in our sample in that location were few cases in some of these categories we collapsed them into seven categories of birth social club. These seven categories are: Only child, offset of a modest family, kickoff of centre or large family, second of a small family, second of a medium or large family unit, third of a medium or large family and the youngest. The reference category is beginning of a pocket-sized family unit.

The variables, age and socioeconomic status (SES), 2 continuous measures, were included every bit covariates. We used gender, based on youth self-report, as a grouping variable to exam different estimations of the nativity effect for males and females.

Analytic Methods

Using Multiple Group Confirmatory Factor Assay with Covariates with categorical indicators and a threshold construction (Muthén & Muthén, 2009), we tested for gender differences in the event of birth social club on substance use -booze, cigarette, and marijuana use-; and adolescent academic standing. The models -post-obit standard practices of confirmatory analyses with covariates- were estimated in 2 steps: the measurement role of the model and the pathways. Equally for the measurement part, nosotros confirmed the factor construction of both outcomes substance use and academic standing using confirmatory factor analyses. The measurement part likewise causeless presence of non-invariance in both factors structures, which was verified by the robust chi-foursquare difference test with mean and variance adjusted test statistics as proposed by (Asparouhov & Muthén, 2006).

The second part of the estimations tested for gender differences using multiple group estimations with covariates past gender. In this part, nosotros tested three multi group models, one model for each of the iii definitions of birth club (enquiry expedient, Adler'due south nascence order, and Family unit size) to test for gender differences betwixt the nativity lodge categories. .In this part of the modeling the differential effects of birth order past gender were tested individually using 1 model per coefficient that was significant per type of birth order definition. So, we combined all gender differences into 1 model and tested it confronting a model that assumes no gender differences. This step is critical to determine the existence of differential due east effects by gender. Notation that if a coefficient is significant in the model for males or females, it does non imply that the departure between the male person coefficient and female coefficient is pregnant. The gender differences were tested against a model that assumes no gender differences. The test used for nested models was the robust chi-square difference test with mean and variance adjusted examination statistics (Asparouhov & Muthén, 2006).

Given that the factor indicators are categorical, the figurer used was WLSMV a weighted least square parameter estimate using a diagonal weight matrix with standard errors and hateful- and variance-adapted chi-square examination statistic that uses a full weight matrix, (Muthén & Muthén, 1998–2009). All models were estimated using MPLUS 5.21 (Muthén & Muthén, 2010).

Results

Tables 1a and 1b display the descriptive characteristics of the sample and variables. Near of the adolescents reported that they performed at an average or above average level regardless of their gender except in the case of mathematics where male person adolescents reported standing above the average more than female adolescents. More than than fifty percentage of adolescent had not consumed alcohol, cigarette and more than than lxxx percent had not consumed marijuana.

Table 1

a Distribution of Substance Use Indicators and Bookish Standing Indicators by Gender (481 Males and 465 Females)
	Male person %	Female %		Male %	Female person %
Academic standing			Substance use
English			Cigarettes
Failing	vi	4	Non consumed	65	64
Beneath boilerplate	16	14	Consumed	35	36
Average	59	59	Alcohol
Higher up average	xix	23	Not consumed	54	58
History			Consumed	46	42
Declining	4	three	Marijuana *
Below boilerplate	17	14	Not consumed	84	89
Average	55	sixty	Consumed	16	11
Higher up average	25	23
Math *
Failing	10	9
Below average	18	24
Average	46	48
Higher up boilerplate	26	nineteen
Scientific discipline
Declining	4	3
Below average	12	15
Average	58	59
To a higher place average	26	23

b Distribution of Nascence Order and Mean and Standard Deviation for Age by Gender (481 Males and 465 Females)
	Male %	Female person %
Birth gild
Research expedient
But	7	x
First	thirty	28
Middle	28	26
Youngest	35	37
Adler
Only	7	ten
Offset	thirty	28
Second	34	33
Centre	11	9
Youngest	eighteen	20
Family size
Simply Child	vii	x
First of minor family	20	17
First of medium/big family	11	11
Second of small family	17	16
Second of medium/big family	17	17
Third guild with at least one younger sibling	xi	9
Youngest med family	18	20
Historic period
Hateful	xiv.29	xiv.36
Std. dev.	1.43	1.41

Table two shows the results of the gender comparison of the significant nascence society coefficients for each one of the three nascence gild definitions. Figures 1 to ​ three depict the results for each one of the three prepare of models estimated by gender. Each is described side by side.

Research Expedient model: Birth order effect on substance employ and academic standing. (481 males and 465 females)

Notes. Solid lines bespeak significant path or correlations at p<0.05 otherwise indicated (p<0.01). Dotted lines indicate non significant paths. The coefficients for 2d, middle and immature on substance use were constrained to be equal amidst male and female person adolescents. All coefficients are standardized and numbers in parenthesis written report non-standardized coefficients.

Family unit size model: Birth order outcome on substance use and academic standing (481 males and 465 females)

Notes. Solid lines indicate significant path or correlations at p<0.05 otherwise indicated (p<0.01). Dotted lines indicate not significant paths. The coefficients for middle and young on substance use were constrained to be equal among male and female adolescents. All coefficients are standardized and numbers in parenthesis written report not-standardized coefficients.

Tabular array two

Model Comparison Exam Based on Constraining Birth Club Coefficients to exist Equal Between Male person and Females (481 Males and 465 Females)

Coefficient tested	CFI	TLI	RMSEA	Chi-Square Test for Departure Testing
				Value	DF
Research expedient
Young on academic standing	0.989	0.985	0.031	3.689	1
Only on substance utilize	0.986	0.981	0.034	9.755 *	ane
Heart on substance apply	0.991	0.988	0.027	ane.126	i
Young on substance utilise	0.992	0.989	0.026	0.514	1
Model with combined constraintsa	0.989	0.986	0.029	five.935	iii
Full not invariant model	0.991	0.988	0.027
Adler's
Second on academic standing	0.988	0.984	0.030	3.104	1
Young on academic standing	0.987	0.982	0.032	4.722 *	i
Only on substance use	0.987	0.982	0.031	4.993 *	1
Second on substance use	0.991	0.988	0.026	0.000	ane
Center on substance use	0.990	0.987	0.027	0.534	1
Young on substance utilize	0.991	0.988	0.026	0.024	1
Model with combined constraintsb	0.990	0.987	0.026	three.233	4
Total non invariant model	0.990	0.986	0.028
Family unit size
Young on academic standing	0.985	0.982	0.028	3.805	1
Only on substance utilize	0.986	0.983	0.028	iii.902 *	one
Second small on substance use	0.989	0.987	0.025	0.457	1
2nd/med/large on substance use	0.988	0.986	0.025	1.060	1
Third modest/med/large on substance utilise	0.989	0.986	0.025	0.778	one
Young on substance apply	0.989	0.987	0.024	0.005	1
Model with combined constraintsc	0.986	0.983	0.028	6.990	5
Total not invariant model	0.988	0.986	0.025

The results shown in Table 2 signal that the effect of birth social club varies by gender in two coefficients, co-ordinate to the robust chi-foursquare difference test with mean and variance adjusted test statistics (Asparouhov & Muthén, 2006). These two coefficients are 'simply kid' on 'substance utilize' and 'young' on 'academic achievement'. The effect of 'only child' on 'substance use' compared to 'commencement child' depends on gender across the three types of birth order definitions Research expedient (χⁱⁱ = 9.755, p < 0.05), Adler (χ² = 4.993, p < 0.05) and Family size (χ² = 3.902, p < 0.05). The issue of young on academic continuing varies by gender just in the case of Adler's definition of birth order. . Below we describe in detail each one of these three models.

Research expedient model

Figure 1 depicts the results for this model. The overall fit of the model was very skillful (CFI = 0. 986, TLI=0. 986 and RMSEA = 0.029). Compared to outset born adolescents, adolescents who were the only child (β = 0.563, p < 0.05), or were born in between siblings (β = 0.322, p < 0.05), or were the youngest (β = 0.221, p < 0.05) were more likely to have ever consumed substances (booze, cigarettes, or marijuana). From these 3 coefficients, only the coefficient for being the simply child was different betwixt males and females. A significant association was nowadays just in the case of female adolescents while in the case of males there was no difference in the consumption of substances between being only kid and being the start born.

Adler's nascence club position model

Figure 2 displays the results for this model. The overall fit of the model was very practiced (CFI = 0.990, TLI = 0.987 and RMSEA = 0.026). Compared to adolescents who were built-in start, there were associations with substance utilise for the other 4 nascence order possibilities, a finding similar to those of the Research Expedient described above. Essentially, when compared to adolescents who were born first, those who were an only child (β = 0.561, p < 0.05), second gild (β = 0.259, p < 0.05), were born between siblings (β = 0.373, p < 0.05), or were the youngest (β = 0.227, p < 0.05) were more likely to have always consumed substances. From these four associations, simply those of beingness the simply child varied by gender. Females who were only child were more likely to take always consumed substances (booze, cigarette, or marijuana) while male adolescents born as only child did non differ on their consumption of substances compared to first born adolescents. In improver, we also found differential associations for the case of being the last kid on academic standing. Specifically, merely male person adolescents who were the last built-in were less likely to express amend bookish continuing than male adolescents who were born in first society (β = −0.365, p < 0.05).

Adler's birth order position model: Birth order effect on substance use and academic standing (481 males and 465 females)

Notes. Solid lines indicate pregnant path or correlations at p<0.05 otherwise indicated (p<0.01). Dotted lines indicate not significant paths. The coefficients for second small, second med/big, 3rd and immature on substance use were constrained to be equal among male and female adolescents. All coefficients are standardized and numbers in parenthesis report non-standardized coefficients.

Family size model

Figure 3 presents the results for this model. The overall fit of the model is very skilful (CFI = 0.986, TLI = 0.983 and RMSEA = 0.028). As was the case with the Research Expedient and Adler's models, at that place were only differential or moderated associations in the case of adolescents who were born every bit an only child compared to being the first child in a small family. Female adolescents were at greater risk of having ever consumed substances (β = 0.608, p < 0.05), while there was no association for male adolescents. In improver, this model shows detrimental effects for those adolescents who were built-in second in a minor family (β = 0.285, p < 0.05), born 2nd in a medium or big family (β = 0.366, p < 0.05), built-in in 3rd order in a medium or large family (β = 0.438, p < 0.05), and being the youngest (β = 0.284, p < 0.05). All of these adolescents were more probable to have consumed substances than first born adolescents in pocket-size families.

Discussion

Nosotros plant support for the Adlerian theory of individual psychology in the context of a large sample drawn from a non-U.S. population. This study adds some insights into how family unit dynamics within a Latin American population may contribute to youth educational and substance use outcomes. For all models tested (Inquiry Expedient, Adler's birth social club, and Family unit Size), being the first born male was a protective gene confronting substance use. This was also true for first born females. For educational outcomes, birth order plays a different function. The research expedient model and the family size order showed no significance. However, nether Adler's birth order model being the commencement built-in does accept an result on better academic standing compared only to the youngest. In other words, beingness the youngest places the adolescent at risk of performing less well compared to older adolescents in their classrooms. One possible reason is that adolescents who are the youngest might exist raised in more disadvantaged weather than adolescents born commencement, especially in the case of poor families in Santiago, Republic of chile. First born children may do good not only from more than parental attention, but as well these children may receive more financial resources that can be allocated to their didactics. However, the results of our analyses controlling for SES and not controlling for SES were practically identical suggesting that SES may not serve to explicate the findings. Furthermore, being a younger or youngest kid may impact the amount of parental attention (in this case less), while as well non receiving financial supports due to the possibility that low-income families may struggle with meeting the basic needs of a larger family unit.

Nosotros conclude that birth order may play some part with regard to substance use outcomes for youth in the Latin American country of Republic of chile. Adler's theory does indeed explain outcomes for a population of Santiago youths. Further studies taking into account family influences are recommended, especially in understanding the complexities of family relationships and motivations with regards to education and substance use. In addition, this information provides useful data for health care practitioners (psychologists, social workers, health care providers, and others) who work with Hispanic/ Latino populations in the United States and for those working with populations in South America. Understanding the importance of birth gild and the strains and privileges of individual children within their birth order may help guide proper treatment and services. Finally, the contribution of looking at three different models of testing birth order (Research Expedient, Adler's nascence order, and Family Size), offered some useful insights for future researchers. We conclude that more attention should be given to the research design and methods used to accost nativity order effects. As well, such studies would benefit from addressing psychological birth order effects rather than only actual birth gild effects; the inability of our dataset to accost psychological nascence order effects (which is at the heart of Adler'due south theory) is indeed a limitation of our work. Other limitations bear upon our dependent variables. We used two latent factors equally dependent variables. One is a latent factor representing substance apply while the second is a latent factor measuring bookish continuing. We note that results considering birth order profile out whether the discipline uses substances habitually or if this were but a ane fourth dimension use, and this might obscure the outcomes. Nosotros phone call for future work to include more than refined measurements in the survey instruments to business relationship for these differences. Too, the education variable is self-reported and is hard to translate. We would accept preferred to take used standardized test scores results or some other objective measure, but we were unable to attain those data. Regardless, the results from this report practise bespeak that Adler's framework can be an important doorway into studying international populations.

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