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NEO: Neuroticism, Extraversion, Openness

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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. 3, 4 | - | IP: Self and Personality pp. 3-4 | IP: Self and Personality pp. 3, 4 | IP: Self and Personality pp. 3, 4 | IP: Self and Personality pp. 1, 2 | -
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) | -

To assess three of the five NEO-Dimensions (neuroticism, with the facets: anxiety, hostility, depression, and vulnerability, extraversion with the facets: assertiveness, gregariousness, positive emotions, and activity, and openness to experience with the facets: fantasy, ideas, feelings, aesthetics, and actions), 18 items were selected from the NEO-FFI (Costa & McCrae, 1985); six items for each dimension. Responses were given on a five-point Likert-Scale (5 rated as "applies very well to me", 1 rated as "does not apply to me at all"). Some of the items were modified slightly for the use with a representative sample of older adults (e.g., as in item 2, double-negatives were avoided). Item 3 was recoded (r) so that higher scores on every item indicate higher neuroticism, extraversion and openness.

Literature: Smith & Baltes, 1996, 1999; Smith, Fleeson, Geiselmann, Settersen, & Kunzmann, 1996. 1999; 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 p4, names for Time 5 have the prefix p5, and names for Time 6 have the prefix p6.

| Original items | Translation used in BASE | Variable names Time 1 | Variable names Time 3 | Variable names Time 4 | Variable names Time 5 | Variable names Time 6
1. | I like to have a lot of people around me. | Ich habe gerne viele Leute um mich herum. | p1dneo1 | + | + | + | +
2. | I don't like to waste my time daydreaming. | Ich träume gerne am Tage vor mich hin. * | p1dneo2 | + | + | + | +
3. | Once I find the right way to do something, I stick to it. | Wenn ich erst einmal den richtigen Weg gefunden habe, etwas zu tun, dann bleibe ich dabei. (r) | p1dneo3 | + | + | + | +
4. | When I'm under a great deal of stress, sometimes I feel like I'm going to pieces. | Wenn ich unter starkem Streß stehe, fühle ich mich manchmal, als ob ich zusammenbräche. | p1dneo4 | + | + | + | +
5. | I rarely feel fearful or anxious. | Ich empfinde oft Furcht oder Angst. * | p1dneo5 | + | + | + | +
6. | I really enjoy talking to people. | Ich unterhalte mich wirklich gerne mit anderen Menschen. | p1dneo6 | + | + | + | +
7. | I often feel tense and jittery. | Ich fühle mich oft angespannt und nervös. | p1dneo7 | + | + | + | +
8. | I like to be where the action is. | Ich stehe gerne im Mittelpunkt. | p1dneo8 | + | + | + | +
9. | Poetry has little or no effect on me. | Gedichte beeindrucken mich. * | p1dneo9 | + | + | + | +
10. | I laugh easily. | Ich bin leicht zum Lachen zu bringen. | p1dneo10 | + | + | + | +
11. | I often try new and foreign foods. | Ich probiere gerne etwas Neues aus. | p1dneo11 | + | + | + | +
12. | I often get angry at the way people treat me. | Ich ärgere mich oft darüber, wie mich andere Leute behandeln. | p1dneo12 | + | + | + | +
13. | I am a cheerful, high-spirited person. | Ich bin ein fröhlicher, gut gelaunter Mensch. | p1dneo13 | + | + | + | +
14. | I have a very active imagination. | Ich habe ein lebhaftes Vorstellungsvermögen. | p1dneo14 | + | + | + | +
15. | I often feel helpless and want someone else to solve my problems. | Ich fühle mich oft hilflos und wünsche mir jemanden, der meine Probleme löst. | p1dneo15 | + | + | + | +
16. | I am a very active person. | Ich bin ein sehr aktiver Mensch. | p1dneo16 | + | + | + | +
17. | I have a lot of intellectual curiosity. | Ich bin wißbegierig. | p1dneo17 | + | + | + | +
18. | Sometimes I feel completely worthless. | Manchmal fühle ich mich völlig wertlos. | p1dneo18 | + | + | + | +

> * Double-negatives were avoided in the translations.
> (r) recoded

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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 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
Neuroticism
1. | p1cneuro | p3cneuro | p4cneuro | p5cneuro | p6cneuro
Raw mean (items 4, 5, 7, 12, 15, 18)
2. | p1cfactn | p3cfactn | p4cfactn | p5cfactn | p6cfactn
Factor score: mean (items 4, 5, 7, 12, 15, 18)
3. | p1cneo1f | p3cneo1f | p4cneo1f | p5cneo1f | p6cneo1f
Factor score: mean (LISREL** parcels 1, 2, 3)
Extraversion
1. | p1cextra | p3cextra | p4cextra | p5cfactn | p6cfactn
Raw mean (items 1, 6, 8, 10, 13, 16)
2. | p1cfacte | p3cfacte | p4cfacte | p5cfacte | p6cfacte
Factor score: mean (items 1, 8, 10, 13)
3. | p1cneo2f | p3cneo2f | p4cneo2f | p5cneo2f | p6cneo2f
Factor score: mean (LISREL parcels 1, 2, 3)
Openness to Experience
1. | p1copen | p3copen | p4copen | p5copen | p6copen
Raw mean (items 2, 3, 9, 11, 14, 17)
2. | p1cfacto | p3cfacto | p4cfacto | p5cfacto | p6cfacto
Factor score*: mean (items 3, 6, 11, 14, 16, 17)
3. | p1cneo3f | p3cneo3f | p4cneo3f | p5cneo3f | p6cneo3f
Factor score: mean (LISREL parcels 1, 2, 3)

> * Please note that items 2 and 9 were excluded from further consideration for LISREL parcels and factor scores. Missing values were estimated; outliers were recoded.
> ** The composition of the LISREL parcels is explained in the following table (Additional Information)

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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 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
Neuroticism
3a. | p1cne1p1 | p3cne1p1 | p4cne1p1 | p5cne1p1 | p6cne1p1
LISREL parcel 1: mean (items 4, 12)
3b. | p1cne1p2 | p3cne1p2 | p4cne1p2 | p5cne1p2 | p6cne1p2
LISREL parcel 2: mean (items 5, 15)
3c. | p1cne1p3 | p3cne1p3 | p4cne1p3 | p5cne1p3 | p6cne1p3
LISREL parcel 3: mean (items 7, 18)
Extraversion
3a. | p1cne2p1 | p3cne2p1 | p4cne2p1 | p5cne2p1 | p6cne2p1
LISREL parcel 1: mean (items 1, 10)
3b. | p1cne2p2 | p3cne2p2 | p4cne2p2 | p5cne2p2 | p6cne2p2
LISREL parcel 2: mean (items 6, 13)
3c. | p1cne2p3 | p3cne2p3 | p4cne2p3 | p5cne2p3 | p6cne2p3
LISREL parcel 3: mean (items 8, 16)
Openness to Experience
3a. | p1cne3p1 | p3cne3p1 | p4cne3p1 | p5cne3p1 | p6cne3p1
LISREL parcel 1: mean (items 14)
3b. | p1cne3p2 | p3cne3p2 | p4cne3p2 | p5cne3p2 | p6cne3p2
LISREL parcel 2: mean (items 17)
3c. | p1cne3p3 | p3cne3p3 | p4cne3p3 | p5cne3p3 | p6cne3p3
LISREL parcel 3: mean (items 3, 11)

> 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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