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Women: a Developmental Perspective DOCUMENT. RESUME 'ED 223 862 CE 034 415 AUTHOR Berman, Phyllis W., Ed.; Ramey, Estelle R., Ed. TITLE Women: A Developmental Perspective. Proceedings of a Research Conference Sponsored by the National Institute of Child Health and Humpn Development in Cooperation with the National Institute of Mental Heakth and the National Institute owAging (Bethesda, Maryland, November 20-21, 1980). INSTITUTtON National Inst: of Child Health and Human Development (NiK), Bethesda, Md. REPORT NO NIH-82-2298 PUB DATE Apr 82 NOTE 355p. PUB TYPE Collected Works - Conference Proceedings (021) Reports - Research/Technical (143) EDRS PRICE MFOI/PC16 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Demography; Employment Patterns; *Family Life; *Females; *Health Needs; *Individual Development; *Labor Force; Middle Aged Adults; Older Adults; Reproduction (Biology); Sex Role; *Sexuality; Social Change; Social Development; Social Science Research ABSTRACT These proceedings consist of 26 papers delivered at a conference devoted to research on the health and development of women. The focus of the conference was on women's health concerns, female development from infancy to womanhood, women and work, reproduction and giving birth, women and the family, sexuality, and the middle and later years. Included among the papers presented are the following: "The Natural Capacity for Health in Women," by Estelle R.kRamey; "Women's Social Roles and Health," by Lois M. Verbrugge; ythological Development of Female Children and Adolescents," by Jeanne H. Block; "Socialization of Black Female Children," by Pamela T. Reid; "On the Distinction between Sex-Rdle,Attitudes and Sex-yinked Traits and Their Stability," by Robert L. Helmreich; "Women in the Labor Force," by Carmen R. Maymi; "Working Women and Child Care," by Harriet.S. Presser; "Pregnancyflutcome, Neonatal Mortality," by Joan E. Hodgman; "The Women's Movement as Catalyst for Change in Obstetrical Care Service," by Carolyn Ferris; "Social Change and Its Effect on Parents and Children: Limitations to Knowledge," by Lois W. Hoffman; "Research on Adult Female Sexuality: The Next Decade," by Pepper Schwartz; and "Implications for the Mxdle and Later Years," by'Matilda White Riley. (MN) ********************************************************************** Reproductions supplie& by EDRS are the best that can be made - from the original documet. ********************************************************************** WOMEN: A DEVELOPMENTAL PERSPECTIVE 440 CC) Proceedings of a research conference sponsored by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development in .e\J 'cooperation with the National Institute ev of Mental Health and the National Institute on Aging November 20121, 1980 Lii National Institutes of Health ----- Bethesda, Maryland EDITED BY: Phyllis W. Bernan, Ph.D. Human Learning and Behavior Branch Center for Research for Morhern nnd Childrpn National Institute of Mind Health and Human Development and Estelle R. Ramey, Ph.D. Professor of Physiology and Biophysics Georgetown University Medical School if)U.S. DEPARTMENT OF U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION Public Health Service NiATIONALE UCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION V\ National Institutes of Health CENTER IERICI Tho document has been reproduced as received hom tho person or organization \s, NIH Publication No. 82-2298 onginating it \f\April 1982 Knot changes have been made to improve reproduction quaht i, Points of view or %mons stated In this docu ment do not necesunN represent official NIE Position Or poky Foreword We live in a world of rapid social change and much of this change affects women to a considerable degree. High rates of divorce and remarriage, advances in contraceptive technology, and increased numbers of women entering the workforce present implications for the woman, the family, and for the whole of society. This volume, the proceedings of a conference, Women: A Developmental Perspective, fact:4es on women's issues and research concerns. The conference was held at the National Institutes of Health in the fall of 1980, and was sponsored by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), the National Institute on Aging (NIA), and the National Institute-of Hental Health (NLMH). Research on the health and development of women has been important to the NICHD since its inception in 1963. The NIHH and the NIA also have had long-standing interest in research issues concerning women. In sponsoring this conference,these Institutes joined forces to explore, along a developmentalcontinutur, a broad apectrum of research questions relating towomen--from events occurring prior to birth, through earliest growthand development, into adolescence and maturity. The purpose of the conference was to examine the research that has been done in various areas.relevant to women, and to identify areas in which research is needed. It is the first such conference focusing on research concerns of women to be held under the auspices of the NIH. The conferees where drawn from a broad range of disciplines within the biomedical, behavioral, and social sciences. Their preaentations reflect multiple approaches and relate to women diverse in age, race, and aocioeconbmic status. The conferend e provided a forum for the meaningful discussion of women's issu4s and research concerns. And now, with the publication of these proceedings, that discussion can be ahared to stimulate thinking, provoke debate, ard challenge the researcher. Norman Kretchmer, H.D., Ph.D. Director National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Ui Reface It is a pleasure to present this publication to the research cmrmunity and to all interested readers. TMere are many difficulties inherent in a conference like this one, Which attempts to cover such an ambitious interdisciplinary range. I think we have achieved several of our aime: to produce an overview of current knowledge, to uncover areas for future research, and to raise our awareness of some extremely important policy issues. Hy thanks for this exciting achievement go to all the contributors and to the staff members of the National institute of Child Health and Arian Development who helped in varioui ways to make it possible. Dr. Jeanne Block, who contributed a paper on "The Psychological Development of Female Children and Adolescents," died on December 4, 1981. We salute her memory and her courage in participating in the conference despite her illness. se,att /4. 8.cfee2;r Betty H. Pickett, Ph.D. Deputy Director National Institute of Child Health and Human Dwielopment Paticipants Wendy H. Baldwin, Ph.D. Frank Falkner, M.D., F.R.C.P. , Chief, Social and Behavioral Professor and Director, Child Sciences Branch and Family Health Program Center for Population Research School of Public Health National Institute of Child Health , University of 14chigan and Human Development Ann Arbor, Michigan48109 Bethesda, Maryland 20205 Manning Feinleib, M.D., D.P.H. Helen B. Barnes, H.D. Associate Director for Epidemiolngy Associate Professor, Obstetrics and Biometry and Gynecology National Heart, Lung, and Blood University of Mississippi Medical Institute Center Bethesda, Maryland 20205 Jackson, Mississippi 39216 Carolyn Ferris, R.N., C.N.M. Phyllis W. Berman, Ph.D. Mt. Zion Hospital Health Scientist Administrator 1600 Divisadero Street Human Learning and Behavior San Francisco, California 94115 Branch Center for Research for Mothers Frank F. Furstenberg, Jr., Ph.D. and Children Professor of Sociology National Institute of Child Health University of Pennsylvania and Human Development sqPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania 19104 Bethesda, Maryland 20205 ) Suzanne G4 Haynes, Ph.D. Judith Blake, Ph.D. Research Assistant Professor Professor of Population Policy Department of Epidemiology School of Public Health and University of North Carolina Department of Sociology Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514 University of California Los Angeles, California 90024 Louis M. Hellman, M.D. Professor Emeritus and Past Jeanne H. Block, Ph.D. (deceased) Chairman Research Psychologist Department of Obstetrics and Institute of Human Development Gynecology University of California Downstate Medical Center Berkeley, California94720 State University of New YOrk 2475 Virginia Avenue, N.W. Myrtle L. Brown, Ph.D. Washington, D.C. 20037 Executive-Secretary Food and Nutrition Board Robert L. Helmreich, Ph.D. National Academy of Sciences Profesaor of Psychology Washir4ton, D.C. 20037 University of Texas Austin, Texas 78712 Mary S. Calderone, M.D., M.P.H. Cofounder and President Sex Information and Education Council of the United States 80 Fifth Avenue, Suite 801 New York, New York10011 vii E. Mavis Hetherington, Ph.D. Carmen R. Maymi, M.Ed., Ph.D. Professor and Chairperson Director Of Psychology Equal Employment University of Virginia Opportunity (Internal) Charlottesville, Virginia 22901 U.S. Office of Personnel Management Joan E. Hodgman, M.D. Washington, D.C. 20415 Professor of Pediatrics University of Southern California Ross D. Parke, Ph.D. School of Medicine Professor of Psychology Los Angeles, California90033 University of Illinois . Director:Newborn Division, Los Champaign, Illinois 61820 Angeles County-U.S.C. Medical Center Carl J. Pauersteig, M.D. Professor and Chairman of Lois W. Hoffman, Ph.D. Obstetrics and Gynecology Professor of Piychology Health-Science Center University of Michigan University of Texas Ann Arbor, MIchigan48109 San Antonio, Texas 78284 e.) Jacquelyne J. Jsckson, Ph.D. Betty H. Pickett, Ph.D. Associate Professor
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