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Self-employed Women in Hawaii: Their Work and Family Lives, 1977-1979 Feb 21, 2014 - Original Murray Collection Finney, Ruth Sutherlin, 1980, "Self-employed Women in Hawaii: Their Work and Family Lives, 1977-1979", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/DWUIWL, Harvard Dataverse, V4, UNF:3:dwzpS9ah/cKAs6TBsbpBlg== [fileUNF] This study examined the characteristics of the business careers and family lives of self-employed women in Hawaii. Participants in this study were 230 self-employed women. The sample represented both business owners and those in the agricultural sector, and included women from a variety of ethnic backgrounds. Participants were located through busin...
Harvard Bereavement Study, 1965-1966 Feb 21, 2014 - Original Murray Collection Weiss, Robert S.; Murray, Parkes, C., 1984, "Harvard Bereavement Study, 1965-1966", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/DCJ1QV, Harvard Dataverse, V3 This longitudinal study was designed to explore how bereavement affects the emotional and social lives of those who have lost a spouse and to examine the course of recovery from bereavement and the social or psychological factors that facilitate or impede that recovery. The participants were Boston widows and widowers under the age of 45 whose spou...
Women in Law, 1965-1980 Feb 12, 2014 - Original Murray Collection Epstein, Cynthia Fuchs, 1983, "Women in Law, 1965-1980", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/9JVGHU, Harvard Dataverse, V3 This interview study was begun in 1965 in order to learn by what paths these women became lawyers and how the aura of exclusion in the legal profession affected their careers. The study focused on the treatment of women attorneys by their colleagues and families, the pressures they faced, and the life-cycle changes and societal changes which affect...
Interaction in Families: An Experimental Study of Family Processes and Schizophrenia, 1964-1965 Feb 12, 2014 - Original Murray Collection Elliot G. Mishler; Nancy E. Waxler, 1982, "Interaction in Families: An Experimental Study of Family Processes and Schizophrenia, 1964-1965", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/6KLWKP, Harvard Dataverse, V3 This study was designed to explore if there are distinctive patterns of interaction in families of schizophrenic patients. An experimental procedure was used to generate discussions among family members. Code-category systems were developed to systematically code these samples of interaction. The basic data for the study are transcripts of three-pe...
Intrafamilial Sexual Socialization: Patterns and Outcomes, 1983 Feb 12, 2014 - Original Murray Collection Fox, Greer Litton, 2001, "Intrafamilial Sexual Socialization: Patterns and Outcomes, 1983", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/SAVNKQ, Harvard Dataverse, V3, UNF:3:QPQMHiI8BLEWyO03h8phWg== [fileUNF] The purpose of this study was to describe and account for patterns of parental involvement and non-involvement in the socialization and social control of their teenaged children's sexual values and behaviors. A second objective was to explore the effect and pattern of parental involvement on the teen's sexual attitudes and behavior. The research wa...
Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project, 1996 - 2001 Feb 12, 2014 - Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project Dataverse Administration for Children and Families, 2009, "Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project, 1996 - 2001", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/TH7GEB, Harvard Dataverse, V11 This study page contains cataloging and documentation files (only) related to the Early Head Start data archived in the Murray Research Archive Dataverse. The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of early head start programs in response to the 1994 Head Start reauthorization which established a special initiative for services to families...
Assimilation Blues: Black Families in a White Community, 1980-1981 Jan 9, 2014 - Original Murray Collection Beverly Daniel Tatum, 2018, "Assimilation Blues: Black Families in a White Community, 1980-1981", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/JDO8RP, Harvard Dataverse, V2 The purpose of this exploratory study was to examine the lives of middle-class black families living in predominantly white communities to generate questions and hypotheses for further research. The sample consists of 10 families, including 10 married couples and 15 of their children. A total of 35 participants took part in interviews which explore...
Unmarried Adult Mothers: A Study of the Parenthood Transition from Late Pregnancy to Two Months Postpartum, 1978-1980 Dec 16, 2013 - Original Murray Collection Fox, Margaret Louise, 1980, "Unmarried Adult Mothers: A Study of the Parenthood Transition from Late Pregnancy to Two Months Postpartum, 1978-1980", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/JUWLAM, Harvard Dataverse, V2, UNF:3:moxUfRugEUPCLeijLdWaHw== [fileUNF] This exploratory study was undertaken to investigate the factors affecting adaptation to motherhood among single new mothers. The aim of this study was to identify the social and psychological factors which contribute to positive adaptation to motherhood within a population of white, middle-class, adult women. Twenty unmarried White women who were...
Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project, 1996 - 2001: Childcare/Teacher Data Dec 16, 2013 - Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project Dataverse Administration for Children and Families, 2013, "Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project, 1996 - 2001: Childcare/Teacher Data", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/JYCRZF, Harvard Dataverse, V8 The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of early head start programs in response to the 1994 Head Start reauthorization which established a special initiative for services to families with infants and toddlers. The study was a program evaluation with 1500 families in Early Head Start programs and 1500 in a control group with no program p...
Transition to Parenthood, 1978 Dec 5, 2013 - Original Murray Collection Shapiro, Ester R., 1982, "Transition to Parenthood, 1978", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/52FTCX, Harvard Dataverse, V2 This study used a family development perspective to examine the stresses and gratifications of the transition to parenthood, the influence of parity, differences between the developmental experiences of mothers and fathers, and the interaction between the development of the marital relationship and the development of parenting relationships. Twenty...

Self-employed Women in Hawaii: Their Work and Family Lives, 1977-1979

Feb 21, 2014 - Original Murray Collection

Finney, Ruth Sutherlin, 1980, "Self-employed Women in Hawaii: Their Work and Family Lives, 1977-1979", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/DWUIWL, Harvard Dataverse, V4, UNF:3:dwzpS9ah/cKAs6TBsbpBlg== [fileUNF]

This study examined the characteristics of the business careers and family lives of self-employed women in Hawaii. Participants in this study were 230 self-employed women. The sample represented both business owners and those in the agricultural sector, and included women from a variety of ethnic backgrounds. Participants were located through busin...

Harvard Bereavement Study, 1965-1966

Feb 21, 2014 - Original Murray Collection

Weiss, Robert S.; Murray, Parkes, C., 1984, "Harvard Bereavement Study, 1965-1966", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/DCJ1QV, Harvard Dataverse, V3

This longitudinal study was designed to explore how bereavement affects the emotional and social lives of those who have lost a spouse and to examine the course of recovery from bereavement and the social or psychological factors that facilitate or impede that recovery. The participants were Boston widows and widowers under the age of 45 whose spou...

Women in Law, 1965-1980

Feb 12, 2014 - Original Murray Collection

Epstein, Cynthia Fuchs, 1983, "Women in Law, 1965-1980", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/9JVGHU, Harvard Dataverse, V3

This interview study was begun in 1965 in order to learn by what paths these women became lawyers and how the aura of exclusion in the legal profession affected their careers. The study focused on the treatment of women attorneys by their colleagues and families, the pressures they faced, and the life-cycle changes and societal changes which affect...

Interaction in Families: An Experimental Study of Family Processes and Schizophrenia, 1964-1965

Feb 12, 2014 - Original Murray Collection

Elliot G. Mishler; Nancy E. Waxler, 1982, "Interaction in Families: An Experimental Study of Family Processes and Schizophrenia, 1964-1965", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/6KLWKP, Harvard Dataverse, V3

This study was designed to explore if there are distinctive patterns of interaction in families of schizophrenic patients. An experimental procedure was used to generate discussions among family members. Code-category systems were developed to systematically code these samples of interaction. The basic data for the study are transcripts of three-pe...

Intrafamilial Sexual Socialization: Patterns and Outcomes, 1983

Feb 12, 2014 - Original Murray Collection

Fox, Greer Litton, 2001, "Intrafamilial Sexual Socialization: Patterns and Outcomes, 1983", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/SAVNKQ, Harvard Dataverse, V3, UNF:3:QPQMHiI8BLEWyO03h8phWg== [fileUNF]

The purpose of this study was to describe and account for patterns of parental involvement and non-involvement in the socialization and social control of their teenaged children's sexual values and behaviors. A second objective was to explore the effect and pattern of parental involvement on the teen's sexual attitudes and behavior. The research wa...

Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project, 1996 - 2001

Feb 12, 2014 - Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project Dataverse

Administration for Children and Families, 2009, "Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project, 1996 - 2001", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/TH7GEB, Harvard Dataverse, V11

This study page contains cataloging and documentation files (only) related to the Early Head Start data archived in the Murray Research Archive Dataverse. The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of early head start programs in response to the 1994 Head Start reauthorization which established a special initiative for services to families...

Assimilation Blues: Black Families in a White Community, 1980-1981

Jan 9, 2014 - Original Murray Collection

Beverly Daniel Tatum, 2018, "Assimilation Blues: Black Families in a White Community, 1980-1981", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/JDO8RP, Harvard Dataverse, V2

The purpose of this exploratory study was to examine the lives of middle-class black families living in predominantly white communities to generate questions and hypotheses for further research. The sample consists of 10 families, including 10 married couples and 15 of their children. A total of 35 participants took part in interviews which explore...

Unmarried Adult Mothers: A Study of the Parenthood Transition from Late Pregnancy to Two Months Postpartum, 1978-1980

Dec 16, 2013 - Original Murray Collection

Fox, Margaret Louise, 1980, "Unmarried Adult Mothers: A Study of the Parenthood Transition from Late Pregnancy to Two Months Postpartum, 1978-1980", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/JUWLAM, Harvard Dataverse, V2, UNF:3:moxUfRugEUPCLeijLdWaHw== [fileUNF]

This exploratory study was undertaken to investigate the factors affecting adaptation to motherhood among single new mothers. The aim of this study was to identify the social and psychological factors which contribute to positive adaptation to motherhood within a population of white, middle-class, adult women. Twenty unmarried White women who were...

Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project, 1996 - 2001: Childcare/Teacher Data

Dec 16, 2013 - Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project Dataverse

Administration for Children and Families, 2013, "Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project, 1996 - 2001: Childcare/Teacher Data", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/JYCRZF, Harvard Dataverse, V8

The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of early head start programs in response to the 1994 Head Start reauthorization which established a special initiative for services to families with infants and toddlers. The study was a program evaluation with 1500 families in Early Head Start programs and 1500 in a control group with no program p...

Transition to Parenthood, 1978

Dec 5, 2013 - Original Murray Collection

Shapiro, Ester R., 1982, "Transition to Parenthood, 1978", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/52FTCX, Harvard Dataverse, V2

This study used a family development perspective to examine the stresses and gratifications of the transition to parenthood, the influence of parity, differences between the developmental experiences of mothers and fathers, and the interaction between the development of the marital relationship and the development of parenting relationships. Twenty...

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