Earl S. Schaefer
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Earlier research on parent-child relationships (approximately 3000 citations in Social Sciences Citation Index) motivated two current internet inventories--Marital Autonomy, Relatedness, and Intimacy Inventory (MARII) and Perceptions of God Inventory at:
http://www.unc.edu/~schaefer/
Initial analyses show substantial correlations of factors of both methods with happiness and positive emotions.
Primary Interests:
- Close Relationships
- Interpersonal Processes
- Personality, Individual Differences
- Research Methods, Assessment
Online Studies:
- Marital Autonomy, Relatedness and Intimacy
- Perceptions of God
Journal Articles:
- Bayley, N., & Schaefer, E. S. (1960). Relationships between socioeconomic variables and the behavior of mothers toward young children. Journal of Genetic Psychology, 96, 61-77.
- Datta, L. Schaefer, E. S., & Davis, M. (1968). Sex and scholastic aptitudeas variables in teachers' ratings of the judgment and classroom behavior of Negro and other seventh-grade students. Journal of Educational Psychology, 2, 94-101.
- Schaefer, E. S. (1965). A configurational analysis of children's reports of parent behavior. Journal of Consulting Psychology, 29, 552-557.
- Schaefer, E. S. (1965). Children's reports of parental behavior: An inventory. Child Development, 36, 414-424.
- Schaefer, E. S. (1964). An analysis of consensus in longitudinal research on personality consistency and change. Vita Humana, 7, 143-146.
- Schaefer, E. S., & Bayley, N. (1960). Consistency of maternal behavior from infancy to preadolescence. Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 61, 1-6.
- Schaefer, E. S., & Bell, R. Q. (1958). Development of a parental attitude research instrument. Child Development, 29, 339-361.
- Schaefer, E. S., & Levy, B. I. (1968). Cross-national validity of a spherical conceptual model for parental behavior. Child Development, 39, 1229-1235.
- Schaefer, E. S., & Plutchik, R. (1966). Interrelationships of emotions, traits,and diagnostic constructs. Psychological Reports, 18, 399-410.
- Schaefer, E. S., Bell, R. Q., & Bayley, N. (1959). Development of a matemal behavior research instrument. Journal of Genetic Psychology, 95, 83-104.
Other Publications:
- Schaefer, E. S., & Bayley, N. Validity and consistency of mother-infant observations, adolescent maternal interviews, and adult retrospective reports of maternal behavior. Proceedings, 75th Annual Convention, APA, 2, 147-148. Renson, GA.
- Bayley, N., & Schaefer, E. S. (1964). Correlations of maternal and child behaviors with the development of mental abilities: Data from the Berkeley Growth Study. Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 29 (No. 6, Whole No. 97).
- Schaefer, E. S. (1961). Converging conceptual models for maternal behavior and for child behavior. In J. E. Glidewell, (Ed.), Parental Attitudes and Child Behavior (pp. 124-146). Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas.
- Schaefer, E. S. (1969). A home tutoring program. Children, 16, 59-60. Reprinted in Joe L. Frost (Ed.), Revisiting Early Childhood Education. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1973.
- Schaefer, E. S., & Bayley, N. (1963). Maternal behavior, child behavior, and their intercorrelations from infancy through adolescence. Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 28 (No. 3, Whole No. 87).
Earl S. Schaefer
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Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514
United States of America
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