The Moderating Role Of Actual And Psychological Birth Order In The Relationship Between Family Functionality, Roles, And Codependence In Women

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between family roles, family functioning, and codependency, and whether the effect of actual birth order and psychological birth order on this relationship differ. The correlational survey model was used in this study. The sample of the study consists of 501 female students between the ages of 17 and 40 studying at İnönü University, Faculty of Education. Composite Codependency Scale, McMaster Family Evaluating Scale and White-Campbell Psychological Birth Order Inventory were used as a data collection tools. The data obtained were analyzed with SPSS 25.0 and AMOS 24 statistical package programs. The findings obtained from the study predict both general functioning and codependency of roles in positively and significantly. However, the mediating role of family functioning in the relationship between roles and codependency was not found significant. The moderator roles of psychological birth order and actual birth order being the same and different are significant in the relationship between roles, general functionality, and interdependence. It was observed that those with different psychological birth order and actual birth order had a higher moderator effect of roles on both general functioning and codependency than those with the same. The findings obtained from the study were discussed in the light of the literature, and various suggestions were presented to researchers and parents