Birth order in obsessive-compulsive disorder

Birth order and family size were studied in 392 cases of obsessive-compulsi disorder (OCD) seen in the decade 1975-84. On the basis of Slater's index, there was a nonsignificant excess of earlier-born children in the sample. However, this excess was not present in each individual family size, a...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Psychiatry research 1987-08, Vol.21 (4), p.349-354
Main Authors: Khanna, Sumant, Channabasavanna, S.M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Age Factors
Biological and medical sciences
Birth Order
Child
Family Characteristics
Female
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
obsessive-compulsive disorder
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder - genetics
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Sex Factors
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Birth order and family size were studied in 392 cases of obsessive-compulsi disorder (OCD) seen in the decade 1975-84. On the basis of Slater's index, there was a nonsignificant excess of earlier-born children in the sample. However, this excess was not present in each individual family size, and was not due to either age of onset or sex. Smaller families had more earlier-born index cases, and larger families had more later-born index cases. First-born and only children were not overrepresented in the sample.
ISSN:0165-1781
1872-7123
DOI:10.1016/0165-1781(87)90018-7