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Romer, Nancy, 2024, "Fear of Success in School Age Males and Females, 1973", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/WRQ3QI, Harvard Dataverse, V4
This research was a replication of the behavioral and nonbehavioral aspects of Horner's fear of success work, using preadolescent males and females as participants. It aimed to determine at what point in chronological development motive-to-avoid-success imagery in projective stories was related to performance decrements in competitive situations, a... |
Sep 22, 2024 - Original Murray Collection
Thomas, David A., 2003, "Minority Executives in Corporate America, 1993", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/LE374E, Harvard Dataverse, V3
The purpose of this study was to understand the processes of development and advancement that produce minority executives by examining the cultures, orientations toward executive development, and approach to promoting racial diversity in management of three major U.S. organizations. The participants were employees at three major U.S. companies. The... |
Thompson, Laura Maud, 1997, "Indian Personality, Education, and Administration Research: Hopi Study, 1942-1944", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/UFS1V4, Harvard Dataverse, V3
The Indian Education, Personality, and Administration Research was initiated in 1941 by the United States Department of the Interior and the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. The project was set up as a joint project of the United States Office of Indian Affairs and the University of Chicago's Committee on Human Development. The aim of the project wa... |
Osherson, Samuel D., 1992, "Patterns of Midlife Career Development Project, 1977-1980", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/ZC7WXC, Harvard Dataverse, V4, UNF:3:R1Sl9hcQANgF9Q+rIiMZJA== [fileUNF]
Samuel Osherson conducted the Patterns of Midlife Career Development Project in order to understand adaptation to occupational changes in midlife and its relation to adolescent career preparedness. The objectives of the study were to understand both the stressors and changes of midlife experienced by highly educated professional men and the way tho... |
Hoffman, Lois Wladis, 1978, "Fear of Success in Undergraduates: A Replication of Horner's Work, 1971", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/DTIPAK, Harvard Dataverse, V2, UNF:3:MhgL+QlU0vE6ngeN81YFZw== [fileUNF]
These data were collected in part to replicate Horner's original study of fear of success in college students conducted in 1965 (Log# 00075). The major purposes of the study were (1) to investigate what aspects of the anticipation of success produce anxiety in women, and (2) to see whether during the six years between the gathering of Horner's and... |
McArthur, Charles C.; King, Stanley H., 1992, "Harvard Student Study, 1960-1964", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/4POMAK, Harvard Dataverse, V3
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... |
Lee, Benjamin, 1990, "Social Understanding and Moral Development Project, 1975-1976", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/NZQAGM, Harvard Dataverse, V3
This cross-sectional study examined the development of role taking and moral judgment in four cohorts: elementary school students, high school students, young adults (ages 19-25), and adults (over age 26). The sample consists of 66 people from the Chicago area and includes approximately equal numbers of males and females. Participants were given se... |
Walzer, Judith B., 1988, "Oral History of the Tenured Women in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University, 1981", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/CR02PG, Harvard Dataverse, V9
The purpose of this 1981 study was to document the history of women faculty at Harvard University. Of the then 13 women tenured in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard in 1981, 11 professors and the husband of one deceased professor participated in interviews. Nine of these women were of foreign background and one was African American. The i... |
Eccles Jacquelynne S., 2022, "Childhood and Beyond, 1986-1995: Documentation", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/T1QCQQ, Harvard Dataverse, V5
This study is not yet available for use The purpose of this study is to gain an understanding of the development and socialization of children's self-perceptions, task values, and activity choices. Childhood and Beyond is a large-scale, cross-sequential, longitudinal study of development in four primarily white, lower-middle- to middle-class school... |
Apr 17, 2022 - Original Murray Collection
Murray, Henry A., 1981, "Multiform Assessments of Personality Development Among Gifted College Men, 1941-1965", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/NKTIZD, Harvard Dataverse, V8
Data for this study were collected using a multiform assessment method at the Harvard Psychological Clinic by a team of research investigators led by Murray. The purpose of this research was to further understand personality by combining the use of standardized tests and projective measures with intensive study of social interaction, responses to s... |
