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Alfred Adler's family constellation and fictional finalism: (This the third in a series of articles on Alfred Adler's "counseling theories").

Publication: Subconsciously Speaking
Publication Date: 01-JAN-07 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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Adler stressed that the order of birth was an important determiner of personality. In spite of their common heritage, siblings are usually very different from each other. It is not the child's position in the successive births that influences his character, but the situation into which he is born and the way in which he interprets it. For instance: if two children of a family are born much later than the earlier ones, the oldest of the two may develop like a first born and the younger one as a second child.

The first born child is given a great deal of attention until the second child is born and then the first is dethroned from his favored position. This dethroning experience may...

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