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Life-Span Relationships

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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: Social relationships | - | IP: Social relationships | IP: Social relationships | IP: Social relationships | IP: Social relationships | -
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) | -

Changes in relationships were assessed in two ways. First, participants were asked whether the relationship with each network partner mentioned in the Circle Task (see Network Structure) had changed during the past five years (3 point scale; 1 = stayed the same, 2 = got worse, 3 =improved).
Second, participants were asked four single questions about different aspects of the changes in relationships on five point scales (ratings in parentheses), which were taken/adapted from the Social Networks in Adult Life Questionnaire (Kahn & Antonucci, 1980): (a) the number of relationships (1 = has decreased a lot, 5 = has increased a lot), (b) the importance of family relationships (1 = has become much less important, 5 = has become much more important), (c) the importance of relationships with friends and acquaintances (1 = has become much less important, 5 = has become much more important), and (d) a social comparison with peers' relationships (1 = much less, 5 = much more).
In addition, there was one question about general changes since the opening of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989.
Literature: Smith & Baltes, 1996; Wagner, Schütze, & Lang, 1996; Schütze, & Lang, 1993.

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According to the design, variable names for Time 1 have the prefix b1, names for Time 3 have the prefix b3,
names for Time 4 have the prefix b4, names for Time 5 have the prefix b5, and names for Time 6 have the prefix b6.

| 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
1. | (Hat sich die) Beziehung während der letzten 5 Jahre (verändert)? | Has the relationship changed over the past 5 years? | b1nchnge | - | - | + | +
| Während der vergangenen 4 Wochen: | In the past four weeks: |
2. | Wie häufig hat X von sich aus Kontakt mit Ihnen aufgenommen? | How often did X get into contact with you on his /her own initiative? | - | b3vonx | + | + | +
3. | Wie häufig haben Sie Kontakt mit X aufgenommen? | How often did you get into contact with X? | - | b3vonst | + | + | +
4. | Wenn Sie nun einmal die Beziehungen, die Sie heute haben, mit denen vergleichen, die Sie vor fünf Jahren hatten. Würden Sie sagen, die Anzahl Ihrer Beziehungen hat sich vermehrt, hat sich vermindert oder ist etwa gleich geblieben? | Compared to five years ago, has your network increased, decreased, or remained about the same? * | b1iquant | - | - | - | -
5. | Verglichen mit der Zeit vor fünf Jahren, würden Sie sagen, daß Ihnen Ihre Beziehungen zu Ihrer Familie heute wichtiger, weniger wichtig oder genauso wichtig sind wie damals? | Compared to five years ago, has your network (in BASE: relationships with your family) become more important to you, less important or remained about the same? * | b1ifamw | - | - | - | -
6. | Und wie ist es mit Ihren Freunden und Bekannten, würden Sie sagen, daß Ihnen Ihre Beziehungen zu Ihren Freunden und Bekannten heute wichtiger, weniger wichtig oder genauso wichtig sind wie vor fünf Jahren? | And what about your friends and acquaintances, would you say that the relationships to friends and acquaintances are now more important, less important or just as important as then? | b1ifrdw | - | - | - | -
7. | Denken Sie einmal an Leute in Ihrem Alter. Würden Sie sagen, Sie haben mehr oder weniger oder in etwa ebenso viele Kontakte wie andere Leute in Ihrem Alter? | Think about people of your own age. Would you say that you have more, less or just as many contacts as other people of your age? | b1svp | - | - | - | -
8. | Hat sich Ihr Leben, seitdem die Mauer am 9. November 1989 geöffnet wurde, verändert? | Has your life changed since the Berlin Wall came down on November 9, 1989? | b1mauer | - | - | - | -

* Original items from the Social Networks in Adult Life Questionnaire (Kahn & Antonucci, 1980).

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When? | Time 1 | Time 2 | Time 3 | Time 4 | Time 5 | Time 6 | Time 7
Where? | Intensive Protocol (IP) | - | - | - | - | - | -
Questionnaire | IP: Social relationships | - | - | - | - | - | -
SIR Data bank | IP: Psycho rec/table 1 (P1data) rec/table 2 (P1const) | - | - | - | - | - | -

Relationships in review: Participants were asked single questions concerning (a) the important persons in their lives, (b) persons who disappointed them, (c) valued persons, and (d) the actual relationship to their children. Except for (d) which was an open-ended question, participants were asked to name the persons in question. The persons mentioned were coded in terms of type of relationship.

Literature: Smith & Baltes, 1996; Wagner, Schütze & Lang, 1996; Schütze & Lang, 1993.

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BASE items / variables | English translation
Important persons
Denken Sie einmal an alle die Menschen, die in Ihrem Leben eine große Rolle gespielt haben. Wer waren die Menschen, die in Ihrem Leben am wichtigsten waren? | When you think of all the people who played a major role in your life, which do you think were most important to you?
Disappointments
Jeder erlebt auch Enttäuschungen mit den Menschen, mit denen er zu tun hat. Können Sie mir sagen, wer Sie in ihrem Leben schwer enttäuscht hat? | Everybody is at times disappointed by the people they interact with. Can you tell me who has deeply disappointed you in your life?
Valued persons
Und gibt es Menschen, an die Sie besonders gerne denken? | Is there anyone you particularly like to think about?

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Constructs | Construct names Time 1
Important persons in review: Number of ... mentioned
Total number of all persons mentioned | b1wich
partner | b1wichlg
children | b1wichki
parents | b1wichel
siblings | b1wichgs
other relatives | b1wichsf
non-relatives | b1wichnv
friends | b1wichfr
Disappointing persons in review: Number of ... mentioned
Total number of all persons mentioned | b1ent
Types of relationship: Number of disappointing... mentioned
partner | b1entlg
children | b1entki
parents | b1entel
siblings | b1entgs
other relatives | b1entsf
non-relatives | b1entnv
friends | b1entfr
Valued persons in review: Number of valued ... mentioned
Total number of all persons mentioned | b1gern
Types of relationship: Number of ... mentioned
partner | b1gernlg
children | b1gernki
parents | b1gernel
siblings | b1gerngs
other relatives | b1gernsf
non-relatives | b1gernnv
friends | b1gernfr

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