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Personal Goals:
Personal Life Investment, Goal Change

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When? | Time 1 | Time 2 | Time 3 | Time 4 | Time 5 | Time 6 | Time 7
Where? | Intensive Protocol (IP) | - | Intensive Protocol (IP) | Intensive Protocol (IP) | Intensive Protocol (IP) | Intensive Protocol (IP) | -
Questionnaire | IP: Self and Personality pp. 5-7 | - | IP: Self and Personality pp. 5, 6 | IP: Self and Personality pp. 5, 6 | IP: Self and Personality pp. 3, 4 | IP: Self and Personality pp. 3, 4 | -
SIR Data bank | IP: Psycho rec/table 1 (P1data) rec/table 2 (P1const) | - | IP: Psycho rec/table 201 (P3data) rec/table 202 (P3const) | IP: Psycho rec/table 301 (P4data) rec/table 302 (P4const) | IP: Psycho rec/table 401 (P5data) rec/table 402 (P5const) | IP: Psycho rec/table 501 (P6data) rec/table 502 (P6const) | -

Personal goals of the BASE participants were assessed by an instrument containing questions concerning 10 important life domains of older adults (Staudinger & Fleeson, 1996). For each of these domains participants were asked to rate on a five-point scale (5 rated as "very much", 1 as "not at all") how much they think of it or take action in it (personal life investment).
At measurement Time 1 there were two further procedures: After rating the ten domains, participants were asked to say which was actually their most important goal. For each domain they were also asked to rate, whether things had changed since former times, i. e., when they were 30-50 years old (goal change).
Literature: Smith & Baltes, 1996, 1999; Staudinger & Fleeson, 1996; Staudinger, Freund, Linden, & Maas, 1996, 1999.

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According to the design, variable names for Time 1 have the prefix p1,names for Time 3 have the prefix p3,
names for Time 4 have the prefix p4, names for Time 5 have the prefix p5, and names for Time 6 have the prefix p6.

| BASE items / variables | English translation | Variable names Time 1 | Variable names Time 3 | Variable names Time 4 | Variable names Time 5 | Variable names Time 6
| Persönliche Lebensinvestition | Personal life investment |
| Also wie ist es mit ... Wie sehr denken Sie gegenwärtig daran oder tun etwas im Zusammenhang damit? | So, how about your... How much do you think about it or do something for it? |
1. | Ihrer Gesundheit | Your health | p1dgl1 | + | + | + | +
2. | Ihrer geistigen Leistungsfähigkeit (z.B. Ihr Gedächtnis) | Your cognitive fitnness | p1dgl2 | + | + | + | +
3. | Ihren Hobbys und anderen Interessen | Your hobbies and interests | p1dgl3 | + | + | + | +
4. | der Beziehung zu Ihren Freunden und Bekannten | Your relations with friends and acquaintances | p1dgl4 | + | + | + | +
5. | Ihrer Sexualität | Your sexuality | p1dgl5 | + | + | + | +
6. | dem Wohlergehen Ihrer Angehörigen | The well-being of your family | p1dgl6 | + | + | + | +
7. | Ihrer beruflichen oder einer anderen vergleichbaren Tätigkeit | Your professional or a comparable activity | p1dgl7 | + | + | + | +
8. | Ihrer Unabhängigkeit | Your independence | p1dgl8 | + | + | + | +
9. | dem Nachdenken über Ihr Leben | Thinking about your life | p1dgl9 | + | + | + | +
10. | Ihrem Sterben oder Ihrem Tod | Your death and dying | p1dgl10 | + | + | + | +
| Wichtigstes Ziel | Most important goal |
11. | Ich zeige Ihnen jetzt noch einmal die ganze Liste der Themen. An welches dieser Themen denken Sie gegenwärtig am meisten oder tun am meisten dafür? | Look back over this list: Which topic occupies you most - which one do you most think or do something about? | p1dmigl | - | - | - | -
| Zieländerung | Goal change |
| Jetzt würde ich Sie bitten ... sich zu erinnern, wie es früher war, als Sie so zwischen 30 und 50 Jahren alt waren. Hat es sich verändert, wie sehr Sie an diese Themen denken oder etwas dafür tun? Also wie hat sich das bei ... verändert: denken Sie jetzt mehr daran als früher oder weniger? | Have things changed from when you were younger (i. e., between 30-50 years old)? Do you think or do more about ..., less about it, or has it stayed the same? |
12. | Ihrer Gesundheit | Your health | p1dchgl1 | - | - | - | -
13. | Ihrer geistigen Leistungsfähigkeit (z.B. Ihr Gedächtnis) | Your cognitive fitness | p1dchgl2 | - | - | - | -
14. | Ihren Hobbies und anderen Interessen | Your hobbies and interests | p1dchgl3 | - | - | - | -
15. | der Beziehung zu Ihren Freunden und Bekannten | Your relations with friends and acquaintances | p1dchgl4 | - | - | - | -
16. | Ihrer Sexualität | Your sexuality | p1dchgl5 | - | - | - | -
17. | dem Wohlergehen Ihrer Angehörigen | The well-being of your family | p1dchgl6 | - | - | - | -
18. | Ihrer beruflichen oder einer anderen vergleichbaren Tätigkeit | Your professional or a compareable activity | p1dchgl7 | - | - | - | -
19. | Ihrer Unabhängigkeit | Your independence | p1dchgl8 | - | - | - | -
20. | dem Nachdenken über Ihr Leben | Thinking about your life | p1dchgl9 | - | - | - | -
21. | Ihrem Sterben oder Ihrem Tod | Your death and dying | p1dchgl10 | - | - | - | -

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Personal Goals:
Raw Constructs Created in BASE

Note:
According to the design, names for Time 1 have the prefix p1, names for Time 3 have the prefix p3,
names for Time 4 have the prefix p4, names for Time 5 have the prefix p5, and names for Time 6 have the prefix p6.

Constructs | Construct names Time 1 | Construct names Time 3 | Construct names Time 4 | Construct names Time 5 | Construct names Time 6
Personal life investment (Goal Strength)
1. | p1cgoals | p3cgoals | p4cgoals | p5cgoals | p6cgoals
Raw mean (items 1-10)
Goal change
1. | p1cgchng | - | - | - | -
Raw mean (items 12-21) | - | - | - | -

> For further information please read the technical documentation of the self and personality interview at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development.

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