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16 Rev Bras Psiquiatr 2004;26(1):16-22 Behavioral characteristics of the only child vs first-born and children with siblings Características de comportamento do filho único vs filho primogênito e não primogênito Marcelo B. Tavaresa , Felipe Costa Fuchsa ,... More

16 Rev Bras Psiquiatr 2004;26(1):16-22 Behavioral characteristics of the only child vs first-born and children with siblings Características de comportamento do filho único vs filho primogênito e não primogênito Marcelo B. Tavaresa , Felipe Costa Fuchsa , Felipe Diligentia , José Ricardo Pinto de Abreub , Luis Augusto Rohdeb and Sandra Costa Fuchsc a Medicine Course, Medical School, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul. Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. b Department of Psychiatry, Medical School, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul. Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. c Department of Social Medicine, Medical School, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul. Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil Supported by National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq). Received on 2/12/2002. Approved on 5/8/2003. Abstract Keywords Resumo Objective: To assess the impact of being an only-child on characteristics of parental and peer relationships, school achievement, social, and sexual behavior. Less