The Study of Adult Development, 1960-1985
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The purpose of this longitudinal study was to examine how a sample of men adapt to life over time. The researcher examined the meaning of competence and psychological maturity of college men, their course and causes through the adult years, and the difference between males and females through their maturation. Through the middle years, this study hoped to shed light on the meaning of adult competence, successful adaptation, and happiness, and looked at participants' personality correlates and familial and adolescent precursors. As the study progressed, some data were collected from the wives of study participants. <br /><br /> The study began in the early 1960s at a small all-male liberal arts college in the northeast U.S. All students upon matriculating were given a battery of tests. Students judged most and least effective in functioning by 18 teachers, students, counselors and coaches were included in the study along with a random selection of students of intermediate levels of effective functioning.<br /><br /> Data were collected over five separate time periods spanning thirty years of the lives of participants. 80 men comprised the initial Time 1 sample for this study. All of the initial participants were white males from a socioeconomically privileged group. 41 wives were included at Time 4. The wives were more diverse in terms of age, class and race than their husbands. <br /><br /> The Murray Archive holds additional analogue materials for this study (paper data for all five waves of this study, including psychological tests, interview transcripts, and notes, as well as audiotapes for Wave 4 interviews). If you would like to access this material, please apply to use the data. <br/><br /><b>Audio Data Availability Note:</b> This study contains audio data that have been digitized. There are 21 audio files available.
本项纵向研究（longitudinal study）旨在探究男性群体随时间推移的生活适应历程。研究者聚焦于大学男性群体的胜任力（competence）与心理成熟度的内涵、成年阶段的发展轨迹与成因，以及两性在成熟过程中的差异。研究中期阶段，旨在阐明成人胜任力、成功适应与幸福感的内涵，并考察参与者的人格相关因素，以及家庭与青少年时期的前因变量。随着研究推进，研究团队还从部分参与者的配偶处收集了相关数据。 本研究始于20世纪60年代初期，地点位于美国东北部一所小型男子文理学院。所有入学新生均接受了成套心理测验。研究纳入了由18名教师、学生、辅导员及教练评定的功能表现最优与最差的学生，同时随机选取了一批功能表现处于中等水平的学生作为研究对象。 研究在参与者人生的30年间分五个独立时间段收集数据。本研究的初始时间1样本共包含80名男性，均为来自社会经济优势群体的白人男性。在时间4节点，共纳入了41名参与者的妻子，这些妻子在年龄、阶层与种族维度上较其丈夫更为多元。 默里档案库（Murray Archive）藏有本研究的额外实体馆藏资料，涵盖全部五轮研究的纸质数据（包括心理测验问卷、访谈转录文稿与记录笔记），以及第四轮访谈的录音磁带。若需获取该资料，请提交数据使用申请。 <b>音频数据可用性说明：</b>本研究包含已完成数字化的音频数据，共计21个音频文件。
