81 to 90 of 143 Results
Mar 24, 2011 - Original Murray Collection
Glueck, Sheldon; Glueck, Eleanor Touroff, 1986, "Women's Reformatory Study, 1921-1925", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/GYXXTZ, Harvard Dataverse, V3
The Women's Reformatory Study sought to examine the lives of women criminal offenders on several levels. The study aimed to look at the childhood, adolescence, and adulthood backgrounds of offenders in terms of their physical, psychological, and social characteristics, and to determine the effect of the Reformatory experience on subsequent post-Ref... |
Newman, Katherine S., 2004, "A Different Shade of Gray: Midlife and Beyond in the Inner City, 1995-1996", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/T0KZOE, Harvard Dataverse, V2
The purpose of this study was to examine the life experiences of inner-city African Americans, Puerto Ricans and Dominicans as they moved into mid-life and beyond. Participants were randomly selected from the Ethnic and Racial Minorities in Urban Areas Survey (ERMUAS) New York sample. The ERMUAS study was conducted as a companion study to the MacAr... |
Stuart T. Hauser; Alan M. Jacobson; Gil G. Noam; Sally I. Powers, 1992, "Adolescent and Family Development Study, 1978-1982", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/MAOI4Y, Harvard Dataverse, V2, UNF:3:gNtHUfeOlaVzXIvDvNBV4A== [fileUNF]
The purpose of this study was to examine adolescent development and psychopathology within the context of the family environment. Three groups of adolescents and their parents were studied: insulin dependent diabetic adolescents; adolescents who were psychiatrically hospitalized in the first year of the study; and nonpatient high school students. T... |
Weiss, Robert S., 1995, "Going it Alone, 1966-1971", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/ILYPJG, Harvard Dataverse, V2
This study was designed to increase the understanding of single parenthood. It investigated the ways in which the structure and function of the lives of a small sample of single parents differ from parents with partners who share parenting responsibilities. The researchers hoped that by forming a clearer picture of the everyday lives of single pare... |
Baumrind, Diana, 1993, "Family Socialization and Developmental Competence Project, 1968-1980", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/REI2LM, Harvard Dataverse, V2, UNF:3:aWjCVfrVUtItDsc6+30taA== [fileUNF]
The purpose of this research was to explore familial determinants of individual differences in children's and adolescents' competence and development. The study examined family socialization practices, parents' attitudes, and factors of development at three crucial stages in a child's life: pre-school, early childhood, and early adolescence. The sa... |
Weisner, Thomas; Eiduson, Bernice, 1998, "Family Lifestyles Project, 1973-1976", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/J4B7LN, Harvard Dataverse, V2
The Family Lifestyles Project examined the effects of different attitudes, values, and child rearing practices in alternative family environments on children's health and physical development, cognitive functioning and elementary school performance, and on social and emotional development. The project followed parents and one child from each family... |
Stewart, Abigail J., 1999, "Family Transformations, 1981-1982", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/SNXEJS, Harvard Dataverse, V1
This longitudinal study examined differences among families in the process of divorce and the meanings and experiences of it for individual family members. The families in the study were recruited through a search of public divorce dockets of five counties in the greater Boston area. Families for whom physical separation had occurred within the pas... |
Eccles, Jacquelynne S., 1996, "Study of Life Transitions (MSALT), 1983 - 1985", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/VF4PIP, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:5:uqEMSggetFkPTqJbrt0APg== [fileUNF]
The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of changes in classroom and family environments on adolescents' achievement-related beliefs, motives, values, and behaviors. A sample of sixth graders, their teachers, and their parents were drawn from 12 public school districts located in middle-income communities in southeastern Michigan; it... |
Mar 18, 2009 - Original Murray Collection
Furstenberg Jr., Frank F.; Spanier, Graham B., 1987, "Remarriage After Divorce: A Longitudinal Analysis of Well Being, 1979", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/YMBAYZ, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:3:wUjSY0V6l/A3zQKSFTFMgg== [fileUNF]
This study is a follow-up of Spanier (1977) "Adjustment to Separation and Divorce," also archived at the center (Log# 00738). The purpose of the follow-up was to investigate the changing patterns of remarriage and to examine the possibility that the form and functioning of first and second marriages might be different. One hundred eighty-one of the... |
Earls, Felton J.; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne; Raudenbush, Stephen W.; Sampson, Robert J., 2000, "Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods: Community Survey, 1994 - 1995", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/XFZOHL, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:3:Bt4Nv7NTmrWymGUj6Ri+tw== [fileUNF]
The purpose of the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods was to understand how families, schools, and neighborhoods affect child and adolescent development. This included an extensive undertaking on understanding the causes and the pathways of juvenile delinquency, adult crime, substance abuse, and violence. The Project had a focus... |
