Future Orientation / Optimism
Future Orientation / Optimism:
General Information
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When?
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Time 1
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Time 2
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Time 3
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Time 4
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Time 5
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Time 6
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Time 7
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Where?
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Intensive Protocol
(IP)
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-
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Intensive Protocol
(IP)
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Intensive Protocol
(IP)
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Intensive Protocol
(IP)
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Intensive Protocol
(IP)
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-
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Questionnaire
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IP:
Self and Personality
pp. 3, 4, 12
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-
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IP:
Self and Personality
pp. 3, 4, 10
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IP:
Self and Personality
pp. 3, 4, 10
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IP:
Self and Personality
pp. 1, 2
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IP:
Self and Personality
pp. 1, 2
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-
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SIR Data bank
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IP:
Psycho
rec/table 1 (P1data)
rec/table 2 (P1const)
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-
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IP:
Psycho
rec/table 201 (P3data)
rec/table 202 (P3const)
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IP:
Psycho
rec/table 301 (P4data)
rec/table 302 (P4const)
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IP:
Psycho
rec/table 401 (P5data)
rec/table 402 (P5const)
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IP:
Psycho
rec/table 501 (P6data)
rec/table 502 (P6const)
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-
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Future orientation / Optimism: Four single items were used
to assess future orientation and optimism.
(a) One of them (no.2) stems from the Life Satisfaction Index
A (LSI-A, Neugarten, Havighurst, & Tobin, 1961), these items
were also used in the Final
Questionnaire; (b) another item assessed the individuals'
subjective distance to death.
(c) The fourth item asked participants to rank order their
orientation toward the past, present or future.
Responses to (a) and (b) were given on a five-point
Likert-Scale (5 named as "applies very well to me", 1 as "does
not apply to me at all").
At the 5th measurement point only the first 3 items were included in
the assessment.
Literature: Smith & Baltes, 1996,
1999; Smith, Fleeson, Geiselmann, Settersen, & Kunzmann, 1996,
1999; Staudinger, Freund, Linden, & Maas, 1996, 1999.
Future Orientation / Optimism:
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.
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BASE items / variables
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English translation
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Variable names
Time 1
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Variable names
Time 3
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Variable names
Time 4
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Variable names
Time 5
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Variable names
Time 6
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1.
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Wenn ich an meine Zukunft denke, bin ich
zuversichtlich.
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I feel confident when I think about my future.
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p1dopt1
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+
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+
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+
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+
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2.
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Ich habe Pläne für die kommenden Monate und das
nächste Jahr.
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I have made plans for things I'll be doing a month or a
year from now.*
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p1dfutor
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+
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+
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+
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+
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3.
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Ich habe das Gefühl, daß meine Zeit zu Ende
geht.
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I have the feeling that my time is running out.
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p1dtid
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+
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+
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+
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+
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4.
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Über was denken Sie am meisten nach:
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Do you mostly think about:
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die Vergangenheit
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the past
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p1dti7v
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+
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+
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-
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-
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die Gegenwart
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the present
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p1dti7g
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+
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+
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-
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-
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oder die Zukunft?
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or the future?
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p1dti7z
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+
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+
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-
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-
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Und wenn Sie jetzt die anderen beiden
miteinandervergleichen, an welches von den beiden denken Sie
da mehr?
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(Rank order)
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* This item is the English original and not a translation.