Longitudinal Study of Career Development in College-Educated Women, 1967-1981

The projective personality testing consisted of six verbal cues, four of which were scored for need for achievement and motive to avoid success. In 1970, 152 of the initial sample of women were recontacted. The interview/questionnaire concentrated on the respondent's educational and occupational experiences and expectations since graduation from college, and also attempted to characterize the participant's current family circumstances (whether married, with children, and so on).

In 1981, a follow-up of 117 of the participants was also conducted. The instruments used included four projective cues and an extensive questionnaire which explored career aspirations, support systems, and the role of work, marriage, and motherhood. The Murray Research Archive hold numeric data files from all three periods of data collection, as well as the completed questionnaires from the 1970 and 1981 data collections and the projective stories from the 1967 follow-up.