Ravenna Helson
Ravenna Helson | |
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Born | Ravenna Mathews February 13, 1925 |
Died | 2020 |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | University of Texas at Austin University of California, Berkeley |
Known for | Creativity; Psychology of women |
Spouse | |
Children | 3 |
Awards | 2017 Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Convention Legacy honoree |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Psychology |
Institutions | Institute of Personality Assessment and Research University of California, Berkeley |
Thesis | Recall of Items as a Function of the Number of Categories Into which They Have Been Classified (1952) |
Doctoral advisors | Leo Postman Warner Brown |
Notable students | Brent Roberts |
Ravenna Mathews Helson (February 13, 1925–2020) was an American psychologist known for her research on the
Career
Helson completed her PhD in psychology at the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) in 1952.[3] She joined the faculty of psychology at Smith College, but moved with her husband, mathematician Henry Helson, back to California in 1955 when he was offered a faculty position at UC Berkeley.[4] Helson began working at the Institute of Personality Assessment and Research (IPAR) in 1957, when she accepted an invitation from director Donald W. MacKinnon to join the institute. She was promoted to the position of full-status researcher at IPAR in 1980, and became an adjunct professor of psychology at UC Berkeley the same year.[5]
Helson was a key figure in organizing and conducting the
Helson is an adjunct professor emeritus of psychology at UC Berkeley.[14]
Personal life
Helson was born in
Helson married Henry Helson in 1954. The couple had three children and remained married until Henry's death in 2010.[16] She died in 2020.[17]
Representative works
- Helson, R. (1971). Women mathematicians and the creative personality. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 36(2), 210–220.
- Helson, R. (1996). In search of the creative personality. Creativity Research Journal, 9(4), 295–306.
- Helson, R., George, L., & John, O.P. (2009). Challenge episodes over middle age: A person-centered study of aging well in poor health. Journal of Research in Personality, 43, 323–334.
- Helson, R., Jones, C., & Kwan, V. S. (2002). Personality change over 40 years of adulthood: Hierarchical linear modeling analyses of two longitudinal samples. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 83(3), 752–766.
- Helson, R., & Moane, G. (1987). Personality change in women from college to midlife. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 53(1), 176–186.
- Helson, R., & Wink, P. (1992). Personality change in women from the early 40s to the early 50s. Psychology and Aging, 7(1), 46–55.
References
- ISBN 9780313260919.
- ISBN 9780393065121.
- ^ "Ravenna M. Helson | Society for Personality and Social Psychology". spsp.org. Retrieved 2023-03-08.
- OCLC 1042077169.)
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- ^ "Mills Longitudinal Study". millslab.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2019-12-27.
- ^ "Is Your Personality Plastic Or Set In Plaster? | The Seattle Times". archive.seattletimes.com. Retrieved 2019-12-27.
- ^ Boodman, Sandra G. (2002-09-22). "If you're not feeling like yourself, researchers wouldn't be shocked". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2018-02-22.
- PMID 12219867.
- PMID 21859225.
- ^ Chronicle, The San Francisco (2008-12-04). "Study: Marital happiness increases after kids grow up and leave". The Denver Post. Retrieved 2019-12-27.
- S2CID 12690080.
- PMID 9120788.
- ^ "Ravenna M. Helson". UC Psych. Retrieved 2018-02-22.
- S2CID 41306980.
- ^ "Ravenna M. Helson". Foundation for Personality and Social Psychology. Archived from the original on 2017-04-19. Retrieved 2018-02-22.
- S2CID 247855362.