Two Subcultures of Maternal Care in the United States, 1981-1983 (doi:10.7910/DVN/AGFPKA)

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Two Subcultures of Maternal Care in the United States, 1981-1983

doi:10.7910/DVN/AGFPKA

Harvard Dataverse

2007-11-28

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Elias, Marjorie T., 1985, "Two Subcultures of Maternal Care in the United States, 1981-1983", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/AGFPKA, Harvard Dataverse, V1

Two Subcultures of Maternal Care in the United States, 1981-1983

doi:10.7910/DVN/AGFPKA

00710

Elias, Marjorie T.

Harvard Dataverse

Murray Research Archive

1985

https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/AGFPKA

Social Sciences

mra murrayvideo, 50 or fewer, female, male, 0-5, 18-22, 23-29, 30-39, White, middle, 2, yes, Family, Women

The purpose of this longitudinal study was to contrast the maternal care of two groups of middle-class American mothers and to assess the effect of different patterns of maternal care on infant development. Seventeen of the mothers involved in the study were selected because of their commitment to the La Leche style of maternal care, which emphasizes the benefits of breast feeding, late weaning, and frequent infant-mother physical contact. A comparison group of 16 mothers who nursed their infants, but did not belong to the La Leche League, also participated in the study. <br /><br /> Researchers visited the families at their homes eight times over a period of two years when the baby was 2, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 20, and 24 months old. At each home visit there were brief interviews in which data on family's overall health, infant's sleeping patterns, introduction of supplementary food, weaning age, and resumption of mother's menstrual cycle were collected, as well as observations of mother-infant interactions. Mothers recorded breast feeding frequency and duration ontime lines in a diary for one 24-hour period at each of the eight data collection points. Extensive home interviews were conducted with the mothers at 6 weeks, 13 months, and 24 months. A videotape of three minutes of face-to-face interaction between mother and infant was also made during one home visit. A Rothbart Infant Behavior Questionnaire to assess temperament was filled out at home by the mother at 9 months, and testing to assess language development and vocabulary was completed at home at 20 months. <br /><br /> There were five laboratory visits to assess infant motor and mental development. Bayley Scales of Infant Development were administered at 10 and 24 months, and Kagan cognitive tests (draw-a-face tests) were administered at 22 months. During the laboratory visits, videotapes were made of the Ainsworth Strange Situation procedure at 12 and 22 months, and of the interaction of the infant with an unfamiliar peer at 23 months.<br /> <br /> The Murray Archive holds additional analogue materials for this study (paper data). If you would like to access this material, please apply to use the data.

1980-1990

1981-1983

United States

individuals

longitudinal, field experiment

quota sample

interview, behavioral observations, psychological tests, other

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

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Describes contents of each box of a paper data set

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00710Elias-Maternal-Codebook.pdf

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Description of coded data variables

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00710Elias-Maternal-Measures.pdf

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Collection of blank measures used in the study

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00710Elias-Maternal-MemoOfAgreement.pdf

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Legal agreement between data depositor and Murray Archive

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00710Elias-Maternal-Month10-Data.dta

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Data from 10 month visit

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Data from 13 month visit

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Data from 16 month visit

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Data from 2 month visit

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Data from 20 month visit

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Data from 24 month visit

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Data from 4 month visit

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Data from 7 month visit

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00710Elias-Maternal-StudyDescription.pdf

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

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RM 2462 Elias

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Box cover sheet for DVD from VHS originals

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