Likes and Dislikes About own Age
Likes and Dislikes About own Age:
General Information
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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
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Intensive Protocol
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Questionnaire
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IP:
Self and Personality
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IP:
Self and Personality
p. 1
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SIR Data bank
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IP:
Psycho
rec/table 206 (P3const)
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IP:
Psycho
rec/table 306 (P3const)
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As the first task of the Time 3 and Time 4 questionnaire on Self
and Personality, subjects were asked to describe spontaneously what
they like and what they dislike about their age. These spontaneous
statements were assessed using an open "I especially like about my
age.../I dislike about my age..." sentence as shown in the instructions.
Subjects responses were tape recorded and transcribed verbatim. These
transcriptions were subsequently content analyzed and rated. The
unsegmented responses were coded as entire protocols in terms of
domains (e.g., personal characteristics,
health, etc.). This coding is not identical to the domain-coding of
the answers in the 'Who am I'- and the 'Possible Selves'-Tasks.
Further dimensions coded were reference to
loss or gain as well as valence. Coding was done by two different
coders, independently of each other.
Likes and Dislikes About own Age:
Instructions used in BASE
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At every point in life things normally occur, that people
especially appreciate about their age. What do
you think?
For example:
Are there things you like about your
age?
Are there special experiences linked to your age that
you appreciate?
What do you like about your age? Please give two
examples: I will write the sentences for you.
I especially like about my
age...........................?
I will write the sentences for you.
You have just described what
you specially appreciate about your age. But every
point in life also has difficult sides. There are always
things that people don't appreciate about their age. What do
you think?
For example:
Are there things you don't like
about your age?
Are there special experiences linked to your age that
you don't appreciate?
What do you not like about your age? Please give two
examples:
I don't like about my
age...........................?
Again, I will write the sentences for you.
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Likes and Dislikes About own Age:
Domains
Domains consisted of the following:
1. Everyday routine
2. Everyday competence
3. Personal characteristics
4. Health
5. Family and social
relationships
6. Leisure
7. Existential concerns
Likes and Dislikes About own Age:
Further Dimensions
A. Valence
Under the dimension of valence, the content was
coded in terms of age-satisfaction or age-dissatisfaction. Valence
was rated on a five-point-scale (very negative, negative, balanced,
positive, very positive), first for the answers to both questions
taken together. In a second step, the answers to each task were rated
separately.
B. Loss and Gain
Three variables were used to code whether each
statement referred to something that had been gained, something that
had been lost, or something that had been stayed the same. The coding
was: 0 = neither loss or gain had occurred, 1 = the gain or loss was
positive and -1 = the gain or loss was negative.
Likes and Dislikes About own Age:
Raw Constructs Created in BASE
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Constructs
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Construct names
Time 3
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Likes
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1.
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Like about own age: everyday routine
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p3aldayr
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2.
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Like about own age: everyday competence
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p3alcomp
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3.
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Like about own age: personal
characteristics
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p3alchar
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4.
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Like about own age: health
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p3alheal
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5.
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Like about own age: family and social
relationships
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p3alfami
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6.
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Like about own age: leisure
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p3alleis
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7.
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Like about own age: existential concerns
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p3alexis
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A.
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Like and dislike about own age: balance of valence
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p3abalan
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Like about own age: valence
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p3alrate
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B.
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Like about own age: loss
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p3alloss
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Like about own age: gain
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p3algain
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Like about own age: status quo
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p3alsquo
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Dislikes
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1.
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Dislike about own age: everyday routine
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p3addayr
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2.
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Dislike about own age: everyday competence
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p3adcomp
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3.
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Dislike about own age: personal
characteristics
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p3adchar
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4.
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Dislike about own age:
health
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p3adheal
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5.
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Dislike about own age: family and
social relationships
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p3adfami
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6.
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Dislike about own age:
leisure
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p3adleis
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7.
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Dislike about own age: existential concerns
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p3adexis
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A.
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Like and dislike about own age: balance of valence
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p3abalan
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Dislike about own age: valence
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p3adrate
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B.
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Dislike about own age: loss
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p3adloss
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Dislike about own age: gain
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p3adgain
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Dislike about own age: status quo
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p3adsquo
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