Experience-induced affective development in children and adults. 1978.

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Experience-induced affective development in children and adults. 1978.

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The purpose of this short-term longitudinal study was to test a theory of experience-induced affective development which links individuals' subjective experience with their external environmental changes. It investigated the role of transitional experiences in producing substantial affective changes in both children and adults. Data were collected from individuals who were about to experience a life change, who had very recently experienced a life change, or who had experienced a life change fairly recently and had made some adaptation to it. The original sample consisted of 62 young children (kindergarten, 1st, and 2nd grades), 341 school children (5th through 10th grades), 126 college students, 26 subjects who were engaged to be married, 60 newly married participants, 40 expectant parents, and 41 new parents. These participants were chosen to represent major life transitions around school, work, marriage, and parenthood. There was a high response rate in the follow-up. The two waves of data collection were conducted over three years. The new parents sample was followed up two more times by another researcher. These data are archived separately (see Chester, A640). Participants were administered four Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) cues, a basic facts questionnaires, interviews, and questionnaires including the Feffer Role-taking Task, the Kelly Role Repertory Grid, Who Am I?, and several personality inventories. The Murray Center holds raw and computer-accessible data from both data collections.

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Stewart, Abigail J.

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The Henry A. Murray Research Center of Radcliffe College, (formerly the Radcliffe Data Resource and Research Center, 1976-1979) was founded by Radcliffe College in 1976 as a national repository for social science data on the changing life experiences of American women, and to sponsor scholarly research on the impact of social change on women's lives. From the description of Records of the Henry A. Murray Research Center, 1976-1988 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id...