TABLE OF CONTENTS

LIST OF FIGURES.............................................vi
I.INTRODUCTION...............................................1
Theoretical Framework/Conceptual Framework...................4
Statement of the Problem.....................................6
Hypothesis...................................................7
Significance of the Study....................................8
Definition of Terms..........................................8
II.LITERATURE REVIEW.........................................9
Birth Order:First............................................9
Birth Order:Only Child......................................13
Birth Order:Middle Born.................................... 14
Birth Order:Last Born.......................................15
Birth Order:Later Borns.....................................16
Anxiety.....................................................16
Birth Order and Anxiety.....................................17
Synthesis...................................................21
III.METHOD..................................................25
Participants................................................25
Measures....................................................26
Procedure...................................................27
Data Analysis...............................................27
Limitations of the Study....................................28
IV. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION..................................29
Results.....................................................29
Discussion..................................................30
V. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS...........................32
Conclusion..................................................32
Recommendations.............................................33
REFERENCES..................................................34
APPENDIX....................................................33
A. Letter of Request........................................38
B. Beck Anxiety Inventory...................................41
C. Table 1: Descriptive Statistics (Mean and Standard
Deviation) and Comparative Analysis of Anxiety In Terms of
Birth Order. ...............................................43
I.The Conceptual Paradigm of the Difference between the
Anxiety Levels per Birth Order...............................6