___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Future Self-Identification Scale (FSIS) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Script Author: Katja Borchert, Ph.D. (katjab@millisecond.com) for Millisecond Software, LLC Date: 01-26-2024 last updated: 01-26-2024 by K. Borchert (katjab@millisecond.com) for Millisecond Software, LLC Script Copyright © 01-26-2024 Millisecond Software ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ BACKGROUND INFO ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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. Reference: 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 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. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ OVERVIEW ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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 ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ DURATION ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ the default set-up of the script takes appr. 1 minute to complete __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ DATA FILE INFORMATION ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The default data stored in the data files are: (1) Raw data file: 'fsis.iqdat' date, time: date and time script was run with the current group/subjectnumber subject, group, session: with the current subject/groupnumber/session id build: the Inquisit build 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) (2) Summary data file: 'fsis inquisit.version: Inquisit version run computer.platform: the platform the script was run on (win/mac/ios/android) startDate: date script was run startTime: time script was started subjectid: assigned subject id number groupid: assigned group id number sessionid: assigned session id number elapsedTime: time it took to run script (in ms); measured from onset to offset of script completed: 0 = script was not completed (prematurely aborted); 1 = script was completed (all conditions run) FSIS_total: Total score (Range: 6-42) FSIS_relatedness: Subscale Relatedness (q1 + q2): Range 2-14 (higher numbers indicate more affirmative responses towards feeling relatedness to future self) FSIS_vividness: Subscale Vividness (q3 + q4): Range 2-14 (higher numbers indicate more affirmative responses towards feeling able to vividly imagine future self) FSIS_positivity: Subscale Positivity (q5 + q6): Range 2-14 (higher numbers indicate more affirmative responses towards feeling positive regarding future self and future) //individual responses radioButtons.q1Similarity.response, radioButtons.q2Connectedness.response, radioButtons.q3Clarity.response, radioButtons.q4Visualization.response, radioButtons.q5Liking.response, radioButtons.q6Valence.response