Longitudinal Study of Generations and Mental Health, 1971-1997 (doi:10.7910/DVN/IGXG2H)

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Longitudinal Study of Generations and Mental Health, 1971-1997

doi:10.7910/DVN/IGXG2H

Harvard Dataverse

2007-11-28

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Bengtson, Vern L.; Gatz, Margaret, 1990, "Longitudinal Study of Generations and Mental Health, 1971-1997", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/IGXG2H, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:3:GidKejdOqDNVKXDaiMokWw== [fileUNF]

Longitudinal Study of Generations and Mental Health, 1971-1997

doi:10.7910/DVN/IGXG2H

00960

Bengtson, Vern L.

Gatz, Margaret

Harvard Dataverse

Murray Research Archive

1990

https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/IGXG2H

Social Sciences

mra murraydata murraymentalhealth, over 1000, female, male, 18-22, 23-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70+, White, African American, Latina/Latino, other, middle, working, 4+, yes, Mental health, Family

The purpose of this ongoing longitudinal panel study of aging parents and their families was to investigate changes in family intergenerational social supports and their impact on individual mental health. The study also explored how the mental health of individual family members changes over time (using four longitudinal sequences with multiple cohorts), and how psychological well-being, changes within each generation, cultural environment and genetic endowment influence individual mental health. <br /><br /> Initiated in 1971, the study began with a sample of 345 multi-generation families followed at five timepoints occurring in 1971-1972, 1984-1985, 1988-1990, 1991,1994, and 1997. The project originally began as a cross-sectional study of three-generational families, examining the effects of intergenerational similarities and conflicts on mental health. Data were collected from 2,044 respondents at Time 1 (1971-1972), 1,331 respondents at Time 2 (1984-1985), 1,483 respondents at Time 3 (1988); 1,734 respondents at Time 4 (1991), and 1,682 respondents at Time 5 (1994). At Time 4, Time 5, and Time 6, a new cohort of Generation 4 (great grandchildren) family members was added consisting of 116 females and 82 males and averaging 20 years of age. The generational cohorts followed comprised of a grandparent (later great-grandparent) generation (G1), a parent (later grandparent generation) generation (G2), an grandchild (later parent) generation (G3), and finally a great grandchild generation (G4). Variables assessed focused on demographic, sociological, psychological, health, and familial relations for grandparents (G1); parents (G2); grandchildren (G3); great grandchildren (G4). <br /><br /> The Murray Research Archive holds numeric file data from the Time 1 survey and from the Time 2, Time 3, Time 4, and time 5 questionnaires for grandparents (G1), parents (G2), grandchildren (G3), and great grandchildren (G4) at Times 4 and 5. Data collected from each timepoint is restricted from use for six years after the time of data collection. Thus, data from Time 1 (1971-1972) became available for public use in 1976-1977, and data from Time 2 (1985) became available for public use in 1991. Data from Time 6 are not available at this time.

1970-2000

1971-1997

United States

individuals

longitudinal, field study

quota sample

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

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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.

The data are available without additional conditions other than those stated in the "Restrictions" Terms of Use above.

<b>The original restrictions on the dataset have expired.</b> <br /><b>All applications for follow-up will require IRB approval from the applicant's home institution as well as approval from the Director of the Murray.</b> <br /><b>Author did not provide the Murray Archive with names and addresses of the subjects. Any contacts of the subjects must be made through him/her/them.</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= "https://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>The original restrictions on the dataset have expired.</b> <br /><b>All applications for follow-up will require IRB approval from the applicant's home institution as well as approval from the Director of the Murray.</b> <br /><b>Author did not provide the Murray Archive with names and addresses of the subjects. Any contacts of the subjects must be made through him/her/them.</b>

• Number of cases: 2773

• No. of variables per record: 4683

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

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Data for Wave 1-4 in Tab Delimited Format

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00960Bengtson-Gatz-Codebook.pdf

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Description of coded data variables

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00960Bengtson-Gatz-CodebookAddendum.pdf

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Clarifications of discrepancies in the data files

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00960Bengtson-Gatz-Data.por

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Data Waves 1-4 in SPSS Portable Format

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00960Bengtson-Gatz-Measures.pdf

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Collection of blank measures used in the study

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00960Bengtson-Gatz-MemoandMeasuresForm.pdf

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Legal agreement between data depositor and Murray Archive

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00960Bengtson-Gatz-StudyDescription.pdf

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

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