周三出生的孩子充满不幸吗？儿童的性格差异与出生日期无关。
Are Wednesday's Children Full of Woe? Children's Differences in Personality Are Independent of Day of Birth.
作者信息
Wood Emily, Brown Anna, Wilding Kirsty, Oxley Florence A R, Fisher Helen L, Arseneault Louise, Caspi Avshalom, Moffitt Terrie E, von Stumm Sophie
机构信息
Department of Education, University of York, York, UK.
University of Northampton, Northampton, UK.
出版信息
J Pers. 2025 Jul 11. doi: 10.1111/jopy.70005.
INTRODUCTION
Nursery rhymes, which are rich in literary devices, benefit children's language learning. Less is known about the influence that nursery rhymes' messages may have on children's development. We focused on "Monday's Child," a popular nursery rhyme that alleges children's day of the week of birth forecasts their differences in personality and physical traits.
METHODS
Data came from E-Risk, a UK population representative, longitudinal cohort study of 2232 same-sex twin children (with 93% retention). We used linear regression models to test whether the day of the week of birth predicted personality and physical traits at ages 5-18 years.
RESULTS
Being born on Monday through Saturday did not predict children's personality and physical traits as implied by the "Monday's Child" rhyme. Being born on Sunday was also not associated with children's traits across measures. These results were unchanged after covariate adjustment (i.e., children's sex, birthweight, and socioeconomic status).
CONCLUSION
We showed that children's differences in personality and physical traits are independent of their day of the week of birth. These findings suggest that nursery rhymes' messages are unlikely to influence children's development, at least those conveyed by "Monday's Child".
引言
童谣富含文学手法，有助于儿童的语言学习。关于童谣所传达的信息对儿童发展可能产生的影响，人们了解得较少。我们聚焦于《星期一出生的孩子》这首广为人知的童谣，它宣称孩子出生的星期几能预测其性格和身体特征的差异。
方法
数据来自“电子风险”研究，这是一项针对2232名同性双胞胎儿童的英国具有人口代表性的纵向队列研究（保留率为93%）。我们使用线性回归模型来检验出生星期几是否能预测5至18岁儿童的性格和身体特征。
结果
周一至周六出生并不能像《星期一出生的孩子》这首童谣所暗示的那样预测儿童的性格和身体特征。周日出生也与各项测量指标下的儿童特征无关。在进行协变量调整（即儿童的性别、出生体重和社会经济地位）后，这些结果没有变化。
结论
我们表明，儿童在性格和身体特征方面的差异与其出生星期几无关。这些发现表明，童谣所传达的信息不太可能影响儿童的发展，至少《星期一出生的孩子》所传达的信息是这样。
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