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Reid-Merritt, Patricia, 2022, "Black Female Leadership Project, 1986-1987", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/JORLHG, Harvard Dataverse, V2
The purpose of this study was "to understand the nature of black female leadership" in terms of where these "influential women come from", how these women use their power, and of the "impact of the power and leadership experience on black women". The study consisted of 53 African-American women ranging from 33 to 68 years of age. Participants were... |
Eccles, Jacquelynne S., 1997, "MADICS Study of Adolescent Development in Multiple Contexts, 1991-2012", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/TVXUIN, Harvard Dataverse, V3, UNF:6:pkspWFvLMlGbx+ZhwvFfdw== [fileUNF]
The main purposes of this longitudinal study were to describe and understand the influences of social context on the psychological determinants of behavioral choices and developmental trajectories during adolescence. Data were collected from multiple informants, on an economically and ethnically diverse sample of adolescents and their families. The... |
Ainsworth, Mary S., 1989, "Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Attachment, 1963-1967", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/YKAMUT, Harvard Dataverse, V5
Begun in 1964, the study provided a naturalistic longitudinal field examination of the development of infant-mother attachment throughout the infant’s first year of life. The study also included a controlled laboratory session known as the "Strange Situation" for further exploration of infant attachment behavior. The main purposes of the study were... |
Oct 18, 2017
Bailey, Susan McGee; Burrell, Barbara; Ware, Norma, 1988, "Factors Influencing Concentration Choice Among Undergraduates, 1979-1983", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/Z7DYCX, Harvard Dataverse, V2, UNF:3:Hm4638fUl4u75dJrQqywrQ== [fileUNF]
This four-year longitudinal study was undertaken to explore the reasons why some women undergraduates who enter college intending to major in science abandon their plans before a major is actually declared. The factors that seem to facilitate the choice of a science major for women college students were examined as well. In the summer of 1978 and 1... |
Institute of Human Development, 1996, "Intergenerational Studies, 1932-1982", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/OWCPHT, Harvard Dataverse, V7, UNF:3:jYQzhUZ5MxpaKGMvIojlTA== [fileUNF]
The purpose of this project was to study the course of adolescent personality development and change, and their relationship to adjustment in later life. Of primary interest were to document age trends and individual consistency, and illuminate factors associated with group and individual stability or change. The data are derived from three ongoing... |
Sears (Deceased), Robert R.; Maccoby, Eleanor E.; Levin, Harry, 1980, "Patterns of Child Rearing, 1951-1958", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/CTETA1, Harvard Dataverse, V7, UNF:3:055LG8vxZCz1zQWkp3h2ew== [fileUNF]
This study was designed to study child-rearing practices and values: how parents raise their children, the effects of different practices on the children, and the causes of parental choice of one method over another. In 1951-1952, interviews were conducted with 379 suburban mothers who had at least one child in kindergarten. The selection of partic... |
Horner, Matina Souretis, 1979, "Success Avoidant Motivation and Behavior: Its Developmental Correlates and Situational Determinants, 1972", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/VYCF3A, Harvard Dataverse, V3, UNF:3:uz+Zbg6FYw1Ekkcrodqwag== [fileUNF]
The purpose of this study was to develop an empirically derived scoring system of success avoidant motivation and to validate it by observing its behavioral correlates and situational determinants. The approach for deriving such a scoring system is to arouse the motive in question in one group of subjects with the proper experimental manipulations... |
Horner, Matina Souretis, 1991, "Radcliffe College Centennial Survey, 1977", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/JANW2G, Harvard Dataverse, V2, UNF:3:yfAjD2mxy0MTuOHSBwAp3Q== [fileUNF]
As part of its Centennial celebration in 1977, Radcliffe College undertook a comprehensive survey of the life experiences of its alumnae. The questionnaire was designed to collect information about their personal background, college experiences, and subsequent marital, educational and employment histories. The survey was sent to over 13,000 women w... |
Snarey, John; Reimer, Joseph B.; Kohlberg, Lawrence, 1985, "Israeli Moral Development Study, 1969-1978", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/BZFTDM, Harvard Dataverse, V2
This longitudinal study of Israeli kibbutz adolescents was designed to evaluate the validity of Kohlberg's moral development model in a cross-cultural context and to assess cultural differences in moral reasoning. Since this study includes both female and male adolescents, it also provides a data base from which to examine the validity of Kohlberg'... |
Mar 17, 2016
Gray, Susan Walton, 1988, "Early Training Project, 1962-1979", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/KEZ9TW, Harvard Dataverse, V3, UNF:3:WRFpzQg1PAqBkQ6qUYm9nA== [fileUNF]
The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of a preschool educational intervention on attitudes relating to achievement, and on academic performance. Initiated in 1962, the study followed a group of 92 African-American children born in 1958, all of whom were from low-income homes and lived in two small cities in the Upper South. Children we... |
