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Markman, Howard J., 2022, "Denver Family Development Study, 1980-1992", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/WRXUDQ, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:3:4+ZivA159OesXtAX7kJCGw== [fileUNF]
This study investigated the development of marital distress and examined the effects of preventative approaches to marital discord. One hundred and fifty-six couples planning marriage were recruited for a study of relationship development. Each couple participated in two pre-assessment laboratory sessions during which they completed several self-re... |
Earls, Felton J., 2002, "Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods: Longitudinal Cohort Study, 1994-2001", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/SFRVFS, Harvard Dataverse, V1
The purpose of the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods (PHDCN) was to examine how families, schools, and neighborhoods affect child and adolescent development. This included understanding the causes and the pathways of juvenile delinquency, adult crime, substance abuse, and violence. The Project had a focus on studying problematic... |
Mar 18, 2009 - Original Murray Collection
Earls, Felton J., 2002, "Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods: Infant Assessment Unit, 1994-2001", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/1FA8GW, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:3:pG1BxSjI0D9laaZW26opzQ== [fileUNF]
The Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods (PHDCN) was designed to understand how families, schools, and neighborhoods affect child and adolescent development, with a special focus on the causes and the pathways of juvenile delinquency, adult crime, substance abuse, and violence. Long-term objectives were to create knowledge that wou... |
Cadoret, Remi J. (Deceased), 1995, "Adoption Study, 1975-1982", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/LZ8JAU, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:3:2wTC/uP+LQv+DvApmjaDww== [fileUNF]
The purpose of the Iowa Children and Family Services and Lutheran Social Services projects was to assess environmental and genetic influences on subsequent antisocial and/or substance abuse among adoptees and matched controls. The 246 participating families in the study consisted of 136 males and 110 females. The comparative research design resulte... |
Johnson, Colleen Leahy, 1998, "SUNY-University of Hawaii Cross-Cultural Study, 1970-1971", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/EMMLNN, Harvard Dataverse, V1
The purpose of this study was to examine the manner in which an ethnic group, living in a host society, responds to forces for change over several generations in terms of family and kinship units, social relationship systems, and norms and values. This selective non-probability sample included 61 second generation (Nisei), and 43 third generation (... |
Furstenberg Jr., Frank F., 1999, "Philadelphia Family Management Study, 1991-2001", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/CLGGQQ, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:3:LS+t7WMBcb8BRy7QjXuPrg== [fileUNF]
This longitudinal study was undertaken to explore how disadvantaged families respond to and manage risk and opportunity in their communities. Of special interest to the research team was the question of whether families alter their children's life chances by successfully adapting their parenting styles to the dangerous and restrictive conditions of... |
Lopata, Helena Z., 1979, "Widowhood in an American City, 1968", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/8JKAH3, Harvard Dataverse, V1
The general purpose of this study was to collect data which would describe the social and psychological characteristics of widows and identify the support systems available to them in an urban setting. In 1968, the staff of the National Opinion Research Center interviewed 301 Chicago area widows, selected by means of modified area probability sampl... |
Nov 27, 2007 - Original Murray Collection
Markus, Hazel Rose; Campbell, Jean, 1982, "Factors Influencing Women to Return to School and the School Experience, 1972", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/DKXOVB, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:3:d67HmzUfITvHJcWDgOA6Jg== [fileUNF]
The purpose of this research was to study women who had contacted the Center for Continuing Education of Women (CEW) at the University of Michigan to understand why they chose to continue their education, to examine the differences between those who returned to school and those who did not, and to identify those factors that affect the school exper... |
Lopata, Helena Z., 1981, "Support Systems Involving Widows, 1974", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/SVCILC, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:3:J3e3NY8VHOlwbFRGnfvSYg== [fileUNF]
This study was undertaken to describe the social and psychological characteristics of widows and identify the support systems available to them in an urban setting. A stratified random sample of 1,169 widows of all ages living in the metropolitan Chicago area was interviewed by the staff of the University of Illinois Survey Research Laboratory in 1... |
Nov 27, 2007 - Original Murray Collection
Risman, Barbara Jane, 1986, "Parenting Survey: A Comparison of Single Mothers, Single Fathers, Dual-Worker Couples, and Traditional Couples, 1983", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/MMEUGH, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:3:uaFq3Ef7qHTevuHMbmWWSg== [fileUNF]
The question addressed in this study was the degree to which gender-specific behavior is a result of socialization versus current role demands and situational opportunities. Researchers were interested in whether or not men develop traditionally female parenting styles appropriate to situational exigencies. Fifty-five single fathers whose youngest... |
