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Dec 21, 2017 - Original Murray Collection
Ainsworth, Mary S., 1989, "Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Attachment, 1963-1967", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/YKAMUT, Harvard Dataverse, V5
Begun in 1964, the study provided a naturalistic longitudinal field examination of the development of infant-mother attachment throughout the infant’s first year of life. The study also included a controlled laboratory session known as the "Strange Situation" for further exploration of infant attachment behavior. The main purposes of the study were...
Jul 29, 2016 - Original Murray Collection
Sears (Deceased), Robert R.; Maccoby, Eleanor E.; Levin, Harry, 1980, "Patterns of Child Rearing, 1951-1958", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/CTETA1, Harvard Dataverse, V7, UNF:3:055LG8vxZCz1zQWkp3h2ew== [fileUNF]
This study was designed to study child-rearing practices and values: how parents raise their children, the effects of different practices on the children, and the causes of parental choice of one method over another. In 1951-1952, interviews were conducted with 379 suburban mothers who had at least one child in kindergarten. The selection of partic...
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...
Mar 26, 2015 - Original Murray Collection
Birnbaum, Judith, 1978, "Life Patterns, Personality Style and Self-Esteem in Gifted Family-Oriented and Career-Committed Women, 1969-1970", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/C9N2QU, Harvard Dataverse, V3
The data were collected during 1969 and 1970. The sample consisted of 81 intellectually gifted women, including 29 homemakers, 25 married professionals with children, and 27 single professionals. The homemakers were women who had graduated with distinction from a high-ranking, large midwestern state university between 1945 and 1955. Both groups of...
Mar 26, 2015 - Original Murray Collection
Rosalind C. Barnett; Grace K. Baruch, 1983, "Correlates of Father Participation in Family Work, 1979-1981", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/OZ36GS, Harvard Dataverse, V3, UNF:4.1:9zME71iy1DnCU3Fe7jB8HjapEZCSItI5y8V7vg5VdAo= [fileUNF]
This study of 160 families investigated the extent and pattern of fathers' participation in family work, the antecedents of such participation, and its consequences for fathers, their wives, and their children. Special attention was given to how fathers' involvement in paid work and family roles, in combination with that of their wives, influences...
Mar 26, 2015 - Original Murray Collection
Davidoff, Ida; Platt, Marjorie, 1979, "Two Generations of College-Educated Women: The Post-parental Phase of the Life Cycle, 1957-1979", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/DTRJ4W, Harvard Dataverse, V2, UNF:3:sArRphenFefFHcUI8KLJbg== [fileUNF]
This study explored the experiences of women in the postparental phase of the life cycle, with a view toward understanding how factors such as education, work, family relationships, and self-concept contribute to adaptation and coping. In the first wave (1957) of this longitudinal study, extensive interviews were conducted with 25 women, aged 47 to...
Mar 26, 2015 - Original Murray Collection
Grace K. Baruch; Rosalind C. Barnett, 1982, "Women in the Middle Years, 1979-1980", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/QIOGZF, Harvard Dataverse, V2, UNF:3:lvVjHk5bmmiR7eJ5S8kvfQ== [fileUNF]
The purpose of this study was to define psychological well-being in women aged 35 to 55, and to examine its relation to age, income, education, health, work, and family status. A disproportionate random sample (N=238) was selected to include women from the following four family statuses: never married, married with children, married without childre...
Feb 26, 2015 - Original Murray Collection
Farmer, Helen S., 2005, "Career Motivation and Achievement Planning, 1980-1993", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/YPTC0H, Harvard Dataverse, V6
The purpose of this study was to examine the career motivation patterns of both men and women, particularly in reference to why some individuals are able to follow through on their aspirations of breaking into science and technology careers, while others are not. The data consist of a qualitative subsample of larger longitudinal study that looked m...
Feb 17, 2015 - Original Murray Collection
Kelly, E. Lowell (Deceased), 1978, "Kelly Longitudinal Study, 1935-1955", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/GQZA2U, Harvard Dataverse, V7, UNF:4:mixed,128:xGUt2jth9JTIb/Er3YuFVg7xnc2EiM9PgNMhAsVAfME= [fileUNF]
This study was designed as a seven-year longitudinal investigation of marital compatibility and other aspects of married life, such as fertility. Follow-up data collection was conducted almost 20 years after the initial contact (1954-1955), providing data spanning the period from young adulthood to middle age relevant to issues regarding the consis...
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