Grant Study of Adult Development, 1938-2000 (doi:10.7910/DVN/48WRX9)

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Grant Study of Adult Development, 1938-2000

doi:10.7910/DVN/48WRX9

Harvard Dataverse

2010-04-22

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Vaillant, George E.; McArthur, Charles C.; Bock, Arlie, 2025, "Grant Study of Adult Development, 1938-2000", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/48WRX9, Harvard Dataverse, V5, UNF:6:FfCNPD1m9jk950Aomsriyg== [fileUNF]

Grant Study of Adult Development, 1938-2000

doi:10.7910/DVN/48WRX9

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Vaillant, George E. (Harvard University)

McArthur, Charles C. (Harvard University)

Bock, Arlie (Harvard University)

Vaillant, George E.

Waldinger, Robert J.

Harvard Dataverse

Murray Research Archive

https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/48WRX9

Social Sciences, Academic achievement, College students

mra murraymentalhealth, 101-500, male, female, 18-22, 23-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, White, middle, working, 1, Mental health

The purpose of this study was to examine how a sample of men adapt to life. The original researchers perceived medical research to be too heavily weighted in the direction of disease, and designed the study to chart the ways in which a group of promising men coped with their lives over a period of time. As the study progressed, some data were collected from the wives of study participants. <br /><br /> The study recruited 268 healthy men attending one of the United States' leading universities between 1938 and 1942. Of the 268 men originally chosen, 66 were from the classes of 1939 to 1941 and 202 from a seven percent sample taken from the classes of 1942 to 1944. Over the course of the study, 20 participants withdrew (7%) and 45 (17%) died before age 68. All of the participants were white males primarily drawn from a socio-economically privileged group. The academic achievement of the students chosen fell in the top five to ten percent of high school graduates. <br /><br /> Data collection started during the participants' sophomore year in college and continued through senior year. After college graduation, participants received annual questionnaires until 1955. Since 1956, participants have received questionnaires every 2 years. The data were collected using a variety of methods including psychiatric interviews (only when the subjects were in college), follow-up questionnaires, institutional records, psychological tests, and medical examinations. Topics of interest included the participants' social history, intellectual functioning, academic achievement, personality assessment, psychological well-being, physiological and medical information, and biographical data. Complete physical examinations were conducted in 1969, 1974, 1984, and 1989. In addition, there are data from the participants' wives who filled out questionnaires in 1951, 1954, 1967, and 1975. <br /><br /> The Murray Research Archive holds original record paper data from all waves (1938 through 2000).

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1938-2000

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longitudinal, field study

Subject: STANDARD DEPOSIT TERMS 1.0 Type: DATAPASS:TERMS:STANDARD:1.0 Notes: This study was deposited under the of the Data-PASS standard deposit terms. A copy of the usage agreement is included in the file section of this study.;

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institutional records, interviews, medical examinations, psychological tests, questionnaires, other

Henry A. Murray Research Archive, Institute for Quantitative Social Sciences, Harvard University

Available

Submission of the following <a href= "http://www.murray.harvard.edu/application" target="_blank">Application For The Use Of Data</a> is required to access the data from this study.

I will use these data solely for the purposes stated in my application to use data, detailed in a written research proposal. I will honor all agreements and conditions made between the Contributor of the Data and the study participants, and between the Contributor of the Data and the Henry A. Murray Research Archive, Harvard University, as specified in the Memorandum of Agreement.

<a href="mailto:mra@help.hmdc.harvard.edu">Manager of Operations</a>, the Henry A. Murray Research Archive, Institute for Quantitative Social Sciences, 1737 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.

I will include a bibliographic citation acknowledging the use of these data in any publication or presentation in which these data are used. Such citations will appear in footnotes or in the reference section of any such manuscript. I understand the guideline in "How to Cite This Dataset" described in the Summary of this study.

Murray Research Archive will list my publication and manuscripts on the Archive website when I submit a bibliographic citation or title of the manuscript, and indicate the Henry A. Murray Research Archive data used. Doing this will also help Henry A. Murray Research Archive to provide funding agencies with essential information about use of archival resources, to fulfill requirements of some memoranda of agreement, and to promote the broader exchange of information about research activities.

Reviewing the <b>Memorandum of Agreement (MOA)</b> between the Contributor and the Archive is essential to ensure all applications are complete upon submission. Incomplete applications will not be considered or reviewed:<br /><br /> <b>Applications must include</b>:<br /> 1. Written acknowledgment referencing all ACCESS AGREEMENT restrictions on <b>pages 3-4, section 6.1</b> of MOA<br /> 2. Written acknowledgment of <b>section 6.4.I of the MOU</b> for approvable applicants<br /> 3. As of 5/29/25, all applications to access any component of this dataset must be <b>approved by the IRB</b> of the applicant's institution.<br /><br /> <b>Additional screening process</b>:<br /> 1. <b>As of 9/1/2017</b>, all applications will be submitted to a screening committee managed by Dr. Robert Waldinger (MGH) for review and approval.<br /> 2. The screening committee must <b>review and approve</b> any proposed publications before publishing.

<div style="padding-left: 30px;"> <ul style="list-style-type: decimal;" ><li> The Murray Archive (the Distributor) has granted me a revocable license to use this dataset solely for the purposes of conducting research, and the Distributor may terminate this license at any time and for any reason. </li> <li> I will use the dataset solely for statistical analysis and reporting of aggregated information, and not for investigation of specific individuals or organizations, except when identification is authorized in writing by the Distributor. </li> <li>I will produce no links among the Distributor’s datasets or among the Distributor’s data and other datasets that could identify individuals or organizations. </li> <li>I represent that neither I, nor anyone I know, has any prior knowledge of the possible identities of any study participants in any dataset that I am being licensed to use. </li> <li> I will not knowingly divulge any information that could be used to identify individual participants in the study, nor will I attempt to identify or contact any study participant, and I agree to use any precautions necessary to prevent such identification. </li> <li> I will make no use of the identity of any person or establishment discovered inadvertently. If I suspect that I might recognize or know a study participant, I will immediately inform the Distributor, and I will not use or retain a copy of data regarding that study participant. If these measures to resolve an identity disclosure are not sufficient, the Distributor may terminate my use of the dataset. </li> <li> I will not reproduce the dataset except as is necessary for my scholarly purposes. I will destroy the dataset upon the completion of my scholarly work with it. </li> <li> I will not share data from the dataset (in any form or by any means) with any third party, including other members of my research team, as I understand that all users of data must obtain the data directly from the Distributor. </li> <li> I will make appropriate acknowledgement of the contributor of the dataset as well as the Distributor in any manuscript or presentation (published or unpublished) using the citation standard documented here: <a href="http://thedata.org/citation"> http://thedata.org/citation</a> </li> <li> THE DISTRIBUTOR MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, BY OPERATION OF LAW OR OTHERWISE, REGARDING OR RELATING TO THE DATASET. </li> </ul> </div>

Submission of the following <a href= "http://www.murray.harvard.edu/application" target="_blank">Application For The Use Of Data</a> is required to access the data from this study. <br /><br /> <b>Applications must include</b>:<br /> 1. Written acknowledgment referencing all ACCESS AGREEMENT restrictions on <b>pages 3-4, section 6.1</b> of MOA<br /> 2. Written acknowledgment of <b>section 6.4.I of the MOU</b> for approvable applicants<br /> 3. As of 5/29/25, all applications to access any component of this dataset must be <b>approved by the IRB</b> of the applicant's institution.<br /><br /> <b>Additional screening process</b>:<br /> 1. <b>As of 9/1/2017</b>, all applications will be submitted to a screening committee managed by Dr. Robert Waldinger (MGH) for review and approval.<br /> 2. The screening committee must <b>review and approve</b> any proposed publications before publishing.

• Number of cases: 268

• No. of variables per record: 1003

• Type of File: text/tab-separated-values

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This file contains SPSS data on 1003 variables: 1-21, 22-239, 244, 246-269, 271, 276-525, 527-528, 530-531, 550-565, 567-571, 573-574, 576, 578-582, 584-590, 592-600, 602-627, 630-646, 648-675, 677-678, 683-691, 693-695, 700, 702, 704, 706-707, 708, 712, 714-720, 723-732, 734-861, 863, 866, 870, 871-873, 875-899, 901-920, 922-942, 946-949, 954-955, 957-969, 972-973, 975-980, 998-1012. Note: 89 of the variables in this data file are not in the codebook. They are primarily mathematical variables and codebook variables that have been re-coded by the original researchers.

• Number of cases: 268

• No. of variables per record: 1024

• Type of File: text/tab-separated-values

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SPSS data on variables 1-1024

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00290Vaillant-BoxCoverSheets.pdf

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Manifest of box contents

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00290Vaillant-DataContributionTermsAndConditions.pdf

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2008-Addendum to the legal agreement between data depositor and the Murray Archive

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00290Vaillant-DataInventory.pdf

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Inventory of data on each participant and measures

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00290Vaillant-Grant-1Identifying.docx

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This document describes variables 1-23, which are IDENTIFYING variables, such as participant #, year of birth, age of death, etc..

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00290Vaillant-Grant-2Childhood.doc

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This document describes variables 24-27, which are CHILDHOOD variables, such as quality of family life during childhood.

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00290Vaillant-Grant-3College.doc

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This document describes variables 48-110, which are YOUNG ADULTHOOD variables in four categories. Category A: Variables 48-58 are physiological variables. Category B: Variables 59-70 are measures of reactions to emotional stress. Category C: Variables 71-107 are personality measures. Category D: Variables 108-110 are SAT, MAT and Alpha Verbal Intelligence scores.

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00290Vaillant-Grant-4WorldWarII.doc

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This document describes variables 111-215, which are WWII COMBAT EXPERIENCE variables in four categories. Category A variables (111-155) describe combat experience and post traumatic stress symptoms. Category B variables (156-173) score recalled reactions to imminent combat danger. Category C variables (174-186) comprise a 1946 WWII Questionnaire . Category D variables (187-215) are 40-year repeat measures of previous variables.

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00290Vaillant-Grant-5Midlife.doc

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This document describes variables 216-510, which are MIDLIFE variables in six categories. Category A variables (216-242) measure global adjustment for participants . Category B variables (217-263) give psychological information about participants' two oldest children. Category C variables (254-279) relate to participants' mental health. Category D variables (280-289) document negative life events in adulthood. Category E variables (290-297) measure pessimistic explanatory style. Category F variables comprise the Lazare Personality Inventory.

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00290Vaillant-Grant-6Defenses.doc

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This document describes variables 511-549, which measure EGO DEFENSE MECHANISMS in two stages of life: age 18-47 (variables 511-530), age 50+ (variables 531-549).

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00290Vaillant-Grant-7ETOH.doc

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This document describes variables 550-572, which measure ALCOHOL RELATED BEHAVIORS in alcoholic participants.

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00290Vaillant-Grant-8Health.doc

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This document describes variables 573-733, which measure HEALTH and HEALTH HABITS in eight categories. Category A variables (573-583) measure smoking behaviors. Category B variables (584-591) examine exercise. Category C variables (592-605) quantify ancestral longevity. Category D variables (606-629) measure objective global health. Category E variables (630-667) measure activities of daily living. Category F variables (668-682) measure subjective health. Category G variables (683-727) list illness and physiological measures. Category H variables (728-733) measure medication usage.

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00290Vaillant-Grant-9LateLife.doc

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This document describes variables 734-1024, which are LATE LIFE variables in 11 categories. Category A variables (734-853) comprise the Gallup Organization Wellsprings of a Positive Life questionnaire. Category B variables (854-869) address employment and retirement. Category C variables (870-878) provide scores from the NEO personality inventory. Category D variables (879-894) measure reactions to emotional stress. Category E variables (895-901) measure aspects of mental health. Category F variables (902-928) rate late mid-life adjustment at age 62. Category G variables (929-974) examine aspects of relationships. Category H variables (975-982) address political views. Category I variables (983-997) provide age 70, 75 & 80 Erikson Ratings. Category J variables (998-1013) measure subjective enjoyment. Category K variables (1014-1024) measure adjustment to aging.

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00290Vaillant-Grant-AccessAgreement-1992.pdf

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1992 -Legal agreement between data depositor and the Murray Archive

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00290Vaillant-Grant-AccessAgreement-1999.pdf

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1999-Legal agreement between data depositor and the Murray Archive

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00290Vaillant-Grant-CodebookOutline.doc

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This document provides a CODEBOOK outline for all the variables.

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00290Vaillant-GrantIndex-varname.doc

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This document is a list of all variables in alphabetical order.

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00290Vaillant-GrantIndex-varnum.doc

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This document is a list of all variables in numerical order.

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00290Vaillant-Grant-MeasuresForm.pdf

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Usage guidelines relating to measures created by study investigators

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00290Vaillant-Grant-MemoOfAgreement.pdf

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Legal agreement between data depositor and Murray Archive

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00290Vaillant-Grant-StudyDescription.pdf

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Overview: abstract, research methodology, publications, and other info.

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