Camille Joyce V. Flores, Jayla Ria T. Gonzales, Rachel Angeline M. Lucena, Angelica Rose R. Quero, Marian A. Ramarama, and Thea Marie C. Santiago. 4 0
Stuck in the Middle? A Study on Filipino Middle Children / 6
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Camille Joyce V. Flores, Jayla Ria T. Gonzales, Rachel Angeline M. Lucena, Angelica Rose R. Quero, Marian A. Ramarama, and Thea Marie C. Santiago.
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Undergraduate Thesis: (B.S. Psychology) - Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila, 2015.
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ABSTRACT: The Middle Child Syndrome has always been a popular Western concept. Onto which, middle children are said to be isolated, in a way that they receive attention that is not as much what is being received by the eldest and become not as stress-free as the youngest. The main goal of this qualitative research is to know whether this concept, too, exists in the Filipino family setting or not. Along with this goal as well is to find out the indications of the said concept, the common characteristics of the middle children and the dynamics of their relationship with their siblings. Thus, according to the data gathered from the interview of three children from seven families, the western concept seemed to not generally be present in the Filipino family setting. Even though some of the existent traits or characteristics of the participants were seen to be somehow living innate the participants, it is not enough to wholly prove the existence of the notion. Middle children, in this study, were found out to be not close to the idea that middle children tend to be withdrawn and insecure because of the neglect that they receive from parents, for they are found to be not given much attention due to the view of the parents that they are the most mature and least dependent among the three.