Script Author: Katja Borchert, Ph.D. (katjab@millisecond.com), Millisecond
Created: January 26, 2024
Last Modified: January 26, 2024 by K. Borchert (katjab@millisecond.com), Millisecond
Script Copyright © Millisecond Software, LLC
This script implements Millisecond's computerized version of the Future Self-Identification Scale (FSIS) by Bixter et al (2020). The FSIS investigates perceived relatedness (connection and similarity) to future self, ability to imagine future self as well how positive one feels about one's future self.
Bixter MT, McMichael SL, Bunker CJ, Adelman RM, Okun MA, Grimm KJ, et al. (2020). A test of a triadic conceptualization of future self-identification. PLoS ONE 15(11): e0242504. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0242504
Script Copyright: © 2020 Bixter et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
1 minute
self-report measure consisting of 6 7-point Likert Scale questions on three subscales:
relatedness to future self: q1 + q2
vividness of imagination about future self: q3 + q4
positivity regarding future self/future: q5 + q6
File Name: fsis
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| inquisit.version | Inquisit version number |
| computer.platform | Device platform: win | mac |ios | android |
| startDate | Date the session was run |
| startTime | Time the session was run |
| subjectId | Participant ID |
| groupId | Group number |
| sessionId | Session number |
| elapsedTime | Session duration in ms |
| completed | 0 = Test was not completed 1 = Test was completed |
| fsisTotal | Total score (Range: 6-42) |
| fsisRelatedness | Subscale Relatedness (q1 + q2): Range 2-14 (higher numbers indicate more affirmative responses towards feeling relatedness to future self) |
| fsisVividness | Subscale Vividness (q3 + q4): Range 2-14 (higher numbers indicate more affirmative responses towards feeling able to vividly imagine future self) |
| fsisPositivity | Subscale Positivity (q5 + q6): Range 2-14 (higher numbers indicate more affirmative responses towards feeling positive regarding future self and future) |
Individual Responses |
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File Name: fsis.iqdat
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| date | Date the session was run |
| time | Time the session was run |
| subject, group, session | With the current subject/groupnumber/session id |
| build | Inquisit version number |
| q*_response | Response given (in assigned values) Scale: 1 (not at all) - 7 (very) (slightly worded differently for each question => higher number more positive feelings of relatedness to future) |
| q*_latency | How much time (in ms) the participant spent on the surveypage with this particular question (the last time this particular surveypage was visited) |