Some Developmental Antecedents of Level of Aspiration, 1964-1965

Abstract

This study consists of data collected from the children whose mothers participated in the 1951-1952 Sears, Maccoby, and Levin Patterns of Child Rearing study. This follow-up focused on the child-rearing antecedents of level of aspiration in later life. Of the 379 individuals who were five to six years old when their mothers were interviewed in 1951-1952, 83 (37 females and 46 males) participated in this follow-up. At the time of this data collection, all participants were 18 years of age. All participants completed two personality scales, following which half performed a task designed to measure level of aspiration. The remaining participants completed a measure of sensitivity to emotional communication prior to engaging in the level of aspiration performance. The Murray Archive holds additional analogue materials for this study [data from the original study (Sears, Maccoby, and Levin, Log# 00235), and other follow-up studies of this sample (Nowlis, Log# 00570; Edwards, Log# 00575; McClelland, Log# 00046; and McClelland & Franz, Log# 01012)]. If you would like to access this material, please apply to use the data