READ ME File For "Enriching the Golden Time" - A study about time and goals, and their effects on depression in later life' Dataset

Dataset DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/D3461

ReadMe Author: Christoph Heuser, University of Southampton ORCID ID 0000-0002-7235-097X

This dataset supports the thesis entitled "Enriching the Golden Time" - A study about time and goals, and their effects on depression in later life
AWARDED BY: Univeristy of Southampton
DATE OF AWARD: [2025]

DESCRIPTION OF THE DATA

The dataset contains two folders. Folder one contains data for Study 1. Study 1 was an online/ paper survey and data was collected with Qualtrics and postral. The dataset contains all versions of the data used to analysis Study 1, its syntax and its excel sheets with the classification of the MIM in goal categories and into time perspective (limited and extended). To open the dataset, SPSS and Excel is necessary. 
'TaG Study Complete Dataset'contains the final version that has been used to analysis the data. 'Syntax Chapter 5.1' contains the syntax used for the 'TaG Study Complete Dataset'. 

The second folder contains 18 interview transcripts from the in-dept interviews that were conducted after the survey has been finished. The names are pseudonyms and reflecting the names that have been used in the thesis. 


This dataset contains:

Dataset for Study 1: Raw Data from Study 1 
Dataset for Study 2: 18 transcripts from the in-depth interviews


Date of data collection: [2021 - 2022]

Information about geographic location of data collection: United Kingdom and Southampton in particular. 

Licence:
Dataset for Study 1: CC-BY
Dataset for Study 2: Restricted. Access on request  


Date that the file was created: April, 2025