Abstract
Psychological birth order was examined as predictor of future time orientation in romantic relationships among Turkish people using a Turkish version (Kalkan, 2005) of the White-Campbell Psychological Birth Order Inventory (Campbell, White & Stewart, 1991) and the Future Time Orientation in Romantic Relationships Scale (Öner, 2000). A total of 407 university students from Ondokuz Mayıs University participated in the study. The results of hierarchical multiple regression analyses indicated that psychologically first, middle and only positions predict future time orientation in romantic relationships. Gender, actual birth order, and psychologically young child position did not contribute significantly to the variation in future time orientation in romantic relationships. The results of the Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient showed that psychological birth order positions were related to future time orientation in romantic relationships.
Highlights
Psychological birth order was examined as predictor of future time orientation in romantic relationships among Turkish people using a Turkish version (Kalkan, 2005) of the White-Campbell Psychological Birth Order Inventory (Campbell, White & Stewart, 1991) and the Future Time Orientation in Romantic Relationships Scale (Öner, 2000)
Future time orientation in romantic relationships increases as psychologically first child and psychologically only child scores increases and as psychologically middle child and psychologically last child scores decrease
Variables were analyzed in three different groups in the hierarchical multiple regression analysis that was conducted to explore which variable of the study was the most important factor in future time orientation in romantic relationships
Summary
Psychological birth order was examined as predictor of future time orientation in romantic relationships among Turkish people using a Turkish version (Kalkan, 2005) of the White-Campbell Psychological Birth Order Inventory (Campbell, White & Stewart, 1991) and the Future Time Orientation in Romantic Relationships Scale (Öner, 2000). The ability to foresee and anticipate is one of the most outstanding traits of human beings This ability enables him/her to organize future possibilities and to bring effects of future time into the psychological present (Gjesme, 1983a). The findings of studies showed that future time orientation in romantic relationships is associated with sex, choosing a partner, relationship satisfaction, and characteristics of individuals such as jealousy and self-monitoring (Öner, 2001; Öner, 2002; Sakallı-U urlu, 2003). These factors might be the limited predictor of future time orientation in romantic relationships. It is considered that familial factors might predict future time orientation in romantic relationships
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