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Perception of Time

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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 p. 12 | - | IP: Self and Personality p. 10 | IP: Self and Personality p. 10 | IP: Self and Personality p. 7 | IP: Self and Personality p. 7 | -
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) | -

Perception of Time: How participants perceive the passage of time was assessed by seven items (Staudinger, Freund, Linden, & Maas, 1996): three measuring the subjective speed of time; three measuring the subjective amount of time. For each of these items there was an extra three-point scale which fit the question.
The seventh item asked participants to rank order their preferred focus on the past, present or future (see also: Future orientation). At the 5th measurement point only items 1, 3 and 6 were included in the assessment.

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 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
1. | Wie schnell vergeht für Sie die Zeit? 1 = schnell 2 = dazwischen 3 = langsam | How does time go by for you? 1 = fast 2 = in-between 3 = slow | p1dti1 | + | + | + | +
2. | Vergeht die Zeit für Sie im Vergleich zu früher (junges Erwachsenenalter, 30-50 J.) ... ? 1 = schneller 2 = unverändert 3 = langsamer | How does this compare to when you were younger (between 30-50 years old)? Is it ... ? 1 = faster 2 = unchanged 3 = slower | p1dti2 | + | + | - | -
3. | Vergeht Ihnen die Zeit ... ? 1 = zu schnell 2 = gerade richtig 3 = zu langsam | Does time for you go by ... ? 1 = too fast 2 = at about the right pace 3 = too slowly | p1dti3 | + | + | + | +
4. | Wieviel Zeit haben Sie? 1 = viel 2 = dazwischen 3 = wenig | How much time do you have on your hands? Is it ... ? 1 = a lot 2 = an average amount 3 = little | p1dti4 | + | + | - | -
5. | Haben Sie im Vergleich zu früher (junges Erwachsenenalter, 30-50 J.) ... ? 1 = mehr Zeit 2 = genauso viel Zeit 3 = weniger Zeit | How does this compare to when you were younger (between 30-50 years old)? Is it ... ? 1 = more now 2 = about the same 3 = less now | p1dti5 | + | + | - | -
6. | Haben Sie ... ? 1 = zu viel Zeit 2 = gerade die richtige Menge Zeit 3 = zu wenig Zeit | Do you feel that you have ... ? 1 = too much time 2 = about the right amount 3 = too little time | p1dti6 | + | + | + | +
7. | Über was denken Sie am meisten nach: ... ? | What do you mostly think about: ... ? |
die Vergangenheit | the past | p1dti7v | + | + | - | -
die Gegenwart | the present | p1dti7g | + | + | - | -
die Zukunft | the future | p1dti7z | + | + | - | -

> 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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