Harvard Student Study, 1960-1964 (doi:10.7910/DVN/4POMAK)

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Harvard Student Study, 1960-1964

doi:10.7910/DVN/4POMAK

Harvard Dataverse

2009-03-05

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McArthur, Charles C.; King, Stanley H., 1992, "Harvard Student Study, 1960-1964", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/4POMAK, Harvard Dataverse, V3

Harvard Student Study, 1960-1964

doi:10.7910/DVN/4POMAK

00698

McArthur, Charles C.

King, Stanley H.

Harvard Dataverse

Murray Research Archive

1992

https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/4POMAK

Social Sciences

mra, 50 or fewer, male, 18-22, white, mixed, student, 1, General education, Mental health

The Harvard Student Study was initiated by McArthur and King to examine the factors underlying personality change in late adolescence and early adulthood in a subsample of 50 students from the Harvard College class of 1964. The objectives of the study were to determine the extent to which various aspects of a college community can affect the lives and development of students, by examining both the development of individuals within a particular social system, and the impact of the system on the individuals. The study also sought to assess the extent to which changes experienced during college could be predicted from students' pre-college backgrounds. <br /> <br /> Using semi-structured interviews and projective tests, numerous aspects of personality were examined. These included cognitive style, coping patterns, attitudes and values, object relations, self-esteem, mood, and ego integration and control. Variables assessed included time spent dating and studying, self-confidence and creativity, aggression, dependence, authoritarianism and ethnocentrism, individualism, religiosity and liberalism.<br /> <br /> The Murray Research Archive has original record paper data, including transcripts of interviews and test sessions, from the Harvard Student Study.

1960-1970

1960-1964

United States

individuals

case study/oral history, field study

quota sample

interviews, psychological tests

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.

<b>As of 8/22/2023, All "applications to use the data" will be reviewed by the Executive Director of IQSS for approval.</b><br /> <b>Follow-up of the data is not allowed</b>

<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.<p><b><b>As of 8/22/2023, All "applications to use the data" will be reviewed by the Executive Director of IQSS for approval.</b><br /> <b>Follow-up of the data is not allowed</b></p>

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00698McArthur-King-BoxCoverSheets.pdf

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Describe contents of each box of a paper data set

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00698McArthur-King-MemoOfAgreement.pdf

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Legal agreement between data depositor and Murray Archive

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00698McArthur-King-StudyDescription.pdf

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

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1 - Freshman.zip

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2 - Sophomore.zip

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3 - Junior.zip

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4 - Senior.zip

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Case No 2075.pdf

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