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Sep 14, 2018 - Original Murray Collection
Newberger, Carolyn Moore, 1983, "Parental Conceptions of Children and Childrearing, 1975 and 1981", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/B4Z8TW, Harvard Dataverse, V2
This research was undertaken to investigate the organization and development of parents' awareness of their children as people, the parent-child relationship, and the parental role. In the mid-1970s, 53 parents from a broad cross-section of social and family backgrounds were interviewed. An age-stratified sample of 16 children was also interviewed....
Aug 23, 2018 - Original Murray Collection
Bozett, Frederick W., 2024, "Children of Gay Fathers, 1985", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/D24VWO, Harvard Dataverse, V3
The purpose of this research was to discover how children cope with having a gay father. Participants were 19 children of gay fathers, living in Iowa City, IA, Oklahoma City, OK, or San Francisco, CA. Of the children, 13 were female and 6 were male. The children's ages ranged from 14 to 35. Data were collected through in-depth, unstructured intervi...
Feb 12, 2018 - Original Murray Collection
Deaux, Kay, 2024, "Blue Collar Workers in the Steel Mill, 1979", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/FGC0YP, Harvard Dataverse, V2
The purpose of this 1979 study was to investigate the experiences of women working in traditionally male blue collar jobs. Through interviews with female and male workers and supervisors, as well as examination of company employment records, the researchers attempted to assess the following: (1) whether the affirmative action consent decrees had a...
Jan 12, 2018 - Original Murray Collection
Reid-Merritt, Patricia, 2022, "Black Female Leadership Project, 1986-1987", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/JORLHG, Harvard Dataverse, V2
The purpose of this study was "to understand the nature of black female leadership" in terms of where these "influential women come from", how these women use their power, and of the "impact of the power and leadership experience on black women". The study consisted of 53 African-American women ranging from 33 to 68 years of age. Participants were...
Jan 9, 2018 - Original Murray Collection
Eccles, Jacquelynne S., 1997, "MADICS Study of Adolescent Development in Multiple Contexts, 1991-2012", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/TVXUIN, Harvard Dataverse, V3, UNF:6:pkspWFvLMlGbx+ZhwvFfdw== [fileUNF]
The main purposes of this longitudinal study were to describe and understand the influences of social context on the psychological determinants of behavioral choices and developmental trajectories during adolescence. Data were collected from multiple informants, on an economically and ethnically diverse sample of adolescents and their families. The...
Mar 17, 2016 - Original Murray Collection
Snarey, John; Reimer, Joseph B.; Kohlberg, Lawrence, 1985, "Israeli Moral Development Study, 1969-1978", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/BZFTDM, Harvard Dataverse, V2
This longitudinal study of Israeli kibbutz adolescents was designed to evaluate the validity of Kohlberg's moral development model in a cross-cultural context and to assess cultural differences in moral reasoning. Since this study includes both female and male adolescents, it also provides a data base from which to examine the validity of Kohlberg'...
Mar 17, 2016 - Original Murray Collection
Gray, Susan Walton, 1988, "Early Training Project, 1962-1979", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/KEZ9TW, Harvard Dataverse, V3, UNF:3:WRFpzQg1PAqBkQ6qUYm9nA== [fileUNF]
The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of a preschool educational intervention on attitudes relating to achievement, and on academic performance. Initiated in 1962, the study followed a group of 92 African-American children born in 1958, all of whom were from low-income homes and lived in two small cities in the Upper South. Children we...
Jul 17, 2015 - Original Murray Collection
Feldman, Harold; Feldman, Margaret, 1987, "A Comparison of Cross-Generational Attitudes About Filial Obligations, 1982", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/AFM8UM, Harvard Dataverse, V2, UNF:3:Rnb/VLzZrYz5kRX7xG+HUw== [fileUNF]
The purpose of this study was to assess the attitudes of students and their parents about their obligations toward each other and toward the elderly. A total of 483 high school and college students and one parent or older relative (mostly mothers) completed a six-page, closed-ended questionnaire. The sample was selected to represent a range of ethn...
Feb 17, 2015 - Original Murray Collection
Hansen, Donald A., 2001, "Berkeley Social Contexts of Learning Study, 1981-1991", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/DTVXYM, Harvard Dataverse, V4
The purpose of this study was to examine social contexts of learning in bilingual classrooms. Researchers examined the perceptions of students, school faculty/staff, and parents to find what influences learning for bilingual students. The study contains two waves, the first from 1981-1983 and the second from 1989-1991. The first wave involved 265 m...
Feb 10, 2015 - Original Murray Collection
Franklin, Diane W., 2005, "Correlates of Participation and Non-participation in the Women's Liberation Movement, 1972-1974", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/8EJQHM, Harvard Dataverse, V3
This study examines the correlates of participation in the women's liberation movement, particularly with regard to self-concept and the marital-power relationship. The data were collected between 1972 and 1974. Respondents were 85 couples married at least two years; the wives were matched on four variables: age, education, number of children, and...
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