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Hoffman, Lois Wladis, 1978, "Fear of Success in Undergraduates: A Replication of Horner's Work, 1971", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/DTIPAK, Harvard Dataverse, V2, UNF:3:MhgL+QlU0vE6ngeN81YFZw== [fileUNF]
These data were collected in part to replicate Horner's original study of fear of success in college students conducted in 1965 (Log# 00075). The major purposes of the study were (1) to investigate what aspects of the anticipation of success produce anxiety in women, and (2) to see whether during the six years between the gathering of Horner's and... |
Fiske, Marjorie Lowenthal; Thurnher, Majda T.; Chiriboga, David A., 1991, "Longitudinal Study of Transitions in Four Stages of Life, 1968", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/BCQSQ8, Harvard Dataverse, V3, UNF:3:6DUekPowSthqZC4Xbw0UMQ== [fileUNF]
This is a longitudinal study of adults in four pretransitional stages (i.e., anticipating and preparing for normally occurring life cycle changes). The study searches out commonalities and differences in coping processes among persons about to undergo four very different types of transition, and also aims to contribute to the understanding of gradu... |
McArthur, Charles C.; King, Stanley H., 1992, "Harvard Student Study, 1960-1964", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/4POMAK, Harvard Dataverse, V3
The Harvard Student Study was initiated by McArthur and King to examine the factors underlying personality change in late adolescence and early adulthood in a subsample of 50 students from the Harvard College class of 1964. The objectives of the study were to determine the extent to which various aspects of a college community can affect the lives... |
Aug 17, 2023
Belle, Deborah, 1981, "Stress and Families Project, 1981", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/QUTY2O, Harvard Dataverse, V2, UNF:3:xOuUDVBY/2nvGFVnbeL/kw== [fileUNF]
The Stress and Families Project was undertaken to investigate the relationship between life situation and mental health among low-income mothers, the group at greatest risk for depression. This longitudinal research project was interdisciplinary in approach and involved interview and observation data on mothers, children, and fathers. The participa... |
Lee, Benjamin, 1990, "Social Understanding and Moral Development Project, 1975-1976", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/NZQAGM, Harvard Dataverse, V3
This cross-sectional study examined the development of role taking and moral judgment in four cohorts: elementary school students, high school students, young adults (ages 19-25), and adults (over age 26). The sample consists of 66 people from the Chicago area and includes approximately equal numbers of males and females. Participants were given se... |
Walzer, Judith B., 1988, "Oral History of the Tenured Women in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University, 1981", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/CR02PG, Harvard Dataverse, V9
The purpose of this 1981 study was to document the history of women faculty at Harvard University. Of the then 13 women tenured in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard in 1981, 11 professors and the husband of one deceased professor participated in interviews. Nine of these women were of foreign background and one was African American. The i... |
Eccles Jacquelynne S., 2022, "Childhood and Beyond, 1986-1995: Documentation", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/T1QCQQ, Harvard Dataverse, V5
This study is not yet available for use The purpose of this study is to gain an understanding of the development and socialization of children's self-perceptions, task values, and activity choices. Childhood and Beyond is a large-scale, cross-sequential, longitudinal study of development in four primarily white, lower-middle- to middle-class school... |
Apr 17, 2022
Murray, Henry A., 1981, "Multiform Assessments of Personality Development Among Gifted College Men, 1941-1965", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/NKTIZD, Harvard Dataverse, V8
Data for this study were collected using a multiform assessment method at the Harvard Psychological Clinic by a team of research investigators led by Murray. The purpose of this research was to further understand personality by combining the use of standardized tests and projective measures with intensive study of social interaction, responses to s... |
U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board; Office of Merit Systems Review and Studies; Market Facts, Inc., 2022, "Federal Sexual Harassment Survey, 1980", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/1GF4VQ, Harvard Dataverse, V2
This research was conducted in 1980 at the request of the Subcommittee on Investigations of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Post Office and Civil Service in order to test preliminary findings on sexual harassment in the federal workplace. In May of 1980, 23,964 questionnaires were mailed to federal employees in the executive branch.... |
McAdoo, Harriette Pipes, 2004, "Mexican American and African American Parents of Children with Learning Disabilities, 1995-1997", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/VNMDIQ, Harvard Dataverse, V2
The purpose of this study was to examine parental attitude among and between African American (AA) and Mexican American (MA) parents of children with learning disabilities, to study differences and similarities related to their ability to cope with stressors of having children with a learning disability, and to examine traditional and cultural beli... |
