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Newman, Katherine S., 2004, "Declining Fortunes: The Withering of the American Dream, 1989-1990", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/XOOGPN, Harvard Dataverse, V2
This was a study about the Baby Boom generation in pursuit of "the American dream." The study was focused on the experiences of sixty men and women who graduated from high school in 1970 and 1980 from one typical, suburban, northern New Jersey town. Over the course of two years, the graduates, their parents, high school teachers and guidance counse... |
Kagan, Jerome (deceased), 2007, "Study of Temperament, 1987 - 1998", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/GA2VMR, Harvard Dataverse, V3
The purpose of this study was to examine human temperament in children from infancy to adolescence, and to determine if early signs of inhibited or uninhibited behavior in infancy determined future temperament profiles. Subjects were recruited from Caucasian, middle-class mothers who followed all of their prenatal guidelines, had uncomplicated preg... |
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... |
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... |
Lamont, Michèle, 2003, "The Dignity of Working Men: Morality and the Boundaries of Race, Class and Immigration, 1992-1993", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/5OZLYH, Harvard Dataverse, V2
The purpose of this study was to explore how White and Black working-class men construct their sense of self-worth, and how they perceive social hierarchy by interpreting differences between themselves and others. Interviews were conducted with 150 lower-middle class men. Thirty blue-collar workers from each of four groups were interviewed: White A... |
Fleming, Jacqueline, 2022, "Correlates of the Fear of Success in Black High School Women, 1974", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/G43STF, Harvard Dataverse, V2, UNF:3:hcyEEQi+qMUX++QrKBR1Ig== [fileUNF]
This study was undertaken to explore the relationship between the motive to achieve and achievement-related (as well as nonachievement-related) behaviors in African American female adolescents. Two samples of African American high school students were used. Participants for the first sample were 25 girls and 37 boys enrolled in grades 9-12 at a pre... |
Stewart, Abigail J., 2022, "Decision-Making in College Seniors, 1979", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/KOR71Z, Harvard Dataverse, V2, UNF:3:rphP/JSVwalb/VSfnzuPgg== [fileUNF]
This study was undertaken as part of a larger research project exploring situationally induced affective development. This particular part of the project focused on the relationship between emotional maturity and the planning styles of students. The purpose was to determine whether several personality constructs were related to the style with which... |
Ross, Margaret C., 1979, "Self-Esteem in Girls Attending Single-Sex vs. Coed Private High Schools, 1975", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/FSZ21E, Harvard Dataverse, V2
These data were collected in order to examine self-esteem in 11th grade high school girls attending single-sex versus coeducational private schools in a large northeastern city. A total of 50 students were tested: 32 in the single-sex school and 18 in the coeducational school. The participants were 16 or 17 years old and of mostly upper-middle soci... |
Notman, Malkah T.; Nadelson, Carol C., 1975, "Harvard Medical School House Officers, 1978-1979", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/XTSE1P, Harvard Dataverse, V3, UNF:3:jvprRqsUwJmGf0G8DT00rA== [fileUNF]
These data were collected to examine the changing patterns of career directions for men and women entering medicine. The participants were a group of house officers in the Harvard Medical School teaching hospitals who were at the second postgraduate year level (i.e., one year postinternship or its equivalent). House officers were sent the prelimina... |
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... |
