Some developmental antecedents of psychopathology

Carl Edwards, Robert R. Sears, Radcliffe College. Henry A. Murray Research Center

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 psychopathology in later life. Of the 379 individuals who were five to six years old when their mothers were interviewed in 1951-1952 by Sears and his colleagues, 63 (36 females and 27 males) participated in the follow-up. All participants completed the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI). The Murray Center has acquired the computer-accessible data from this study. In addition to the original study (Sears, Maccoby & Levin, A235) other follow-ups of this sample (Nowliss, A570; Crowne, Conn, Marlowe, & Edwards, A572; McClelland, A046; and McClelland & Franz, A1012) are available at the center.