Some developmental antecedents of level of aspiration
By: D. Crowne ... [et al.].
Published: 1965
Language: eng
Format: computer file /
Subjects: Student aspirations; Achievement motivation in adolescence
Description: This study consists of data collected from the children whose mothers participated in the 1951-1952 Sears, Maccoby, and Levin P̲atterns 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 parents 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 subjects completed a measure of sensitivity to emotional communication prior to engaging in the level of aspiration performance.

The Murray Center has acquired the computer-accessible data. In addition to the original study (Sears, Maccoby, and Levin, A235), other follow-ups of this sample (Nowlis, A570; Edwards, A575, McClelland, A046; and McClelland & Franz, A1012) are available at the center.
Notes: Sample characteristics: sample size: 51-100; time: 60s; race: White; age: 18-22; number of generations: 1; gender: female, male; ses: middle, working.

Data collection methods: design: follow-up; length of data collection: na; measures: psychological tests.

Follow-up possible: yes; follow-up available: yes.