Personal Goals:
Personal Life Investment, Goal Change

 

 

Personal Goals:
General Information

When?

Time 1

Time 2

Time 3

Time 4

Time 5

Time 6

Time 7

Where? 
Intensive Protocol
(IP)
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Intensive Protocol
(IP)
Intensive Protocol
(IP)
Intensive Protocol
(IP)
Intensive Protocol
(IP)
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Questionnaire 
IP:
Self and Personality
pp. 5-7 
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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
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SIR Data bank 
IP:
Psycho
rec/table 1 (P1data) 

rec/table 2 (P1const) 
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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) 
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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.

 

 

Personal Goals:
Items used in BASE

Note:
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 

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-
-
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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 

-

-
-
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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

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Raw mean
(items 12-21)

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