Sibling experience as a factor in the manifestation of trust in adulthood

Abstract

This section presents the results of an empirical study of the psychological characteristics of an individual’s trust in themselves, other people and the surrounding world, depending on their sibling status within the parental family. The subject of the study was the psychological characteristics of trust in oneself, in other people and in the surrounding world during adulthood, as mediated by an individual’s sibling status (only child, eldest, middle or youngest child) within the primary family system. The research methodology was based on the use of a set of psychodiagnostic tools to collect empirical data via an anonymous online survey.