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Shneidman, Edwin S., 1987, "Zilboorg-Friedman Archives, 1936-1941", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/PHMLKB, Harvard Dataverse, V3
These data were collected for several years, beginning in 1939, by members of the Committee for the Study of Suicide at the request of Mayor LaGuardia of New York. The committee undertook a comprehensive study of suicide as a social and psychological phenomenon after an unusually high number of New York City policemen committed suicide between 1934... |
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... |
Flexman, Nancy Ann, 1981, "Success and Failure Incidents From Self-Employed Women, 1979", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/GAZ1QW, Harvard Dataverse, V2, UNF:3:0YgyMWNmKbXT16C7vx+mjw== [fileUNF]
The purpose of this study was to investigate how self-employed women interpret the entrepreneurial experience. Business-related incidents of success and failure from self-employed women were examined from two perspectives: (1) Bakan's (1966) constructs of agency and communion, and (2) attribution theory. A pool of potential respondents (self-employ... |
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... |
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... |
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... |
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... |
Weissberg, Charlotte (Deceased), 1982, "Careers, Marriage, Identity, and Feminism: Women's Life-Choices in the Seventies, 1975", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/W0JRES, Harvard Dataverse, V5
This study examined the personalities of a group of college women and their interactions with social institutions. The focus was on the relationship between the changes in values and ideas brought about by the women's movement and the personal development of young women. Participants were 30 seniors at Brandeis University selected in 1975 from the... |
Feb 26, 2015 - Original Murray Collection
Trachtenberg, Francine Zorn, 1978, "Student Internship Program, 1975", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/QFGDKC, Harvard Dataverse, V3, UNF:3:Q1WsMm/HNVgxGzon8KzGiw== [fileUNF]
These data were collected to assess the expectations for and impact of the Women and Career Options Internship Program funded by the Carnegie Corporation. Female students at six coeducational colleges in Massachusetts were invited to apply for an internship designed to encourage and assist undergraduates to pursue careers in professional fields tra... |
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... |
