On the Function of Literature in Personality Development of Young People 1981 (Fiction)

Leisure contents, expectations of current literature, attitude
to reading and reading habits, preferred literature, valuations on
the publisher "Neues Leben" and the magazine "Temperamente".
Topics: Extent of leisure time; leisure activities such as sport,
further education, discotheques, movies, circle of friends, political
information, television, theater, literature; proportion of reading
in leisure time; preferred literature genres of partner;
recommendations for reading from other persons and media; desire for
more time for reading; time available for reading yesterday; reading
belletristic literature with concurrent use of secondary media such
as radio, television or recorder, tape, record; number of books of
different literature genres read in the last quarter; current stress
from reading technical literature in leisure time; frequency of
reading literature series in the last quarter (scale); reading a
serialized novel in picture magazines or daily newspapers; continuity
of reading journals and magazines; number of issues of "Temperamente"
read; following literature criticism in various media (scale);
interest in books from various literature areas (scale); reading of
works of different literary epochs (scale); valuation of individual
book titles (scale); number of books in one's family; personal
possession of books of different literature genres (scale);
regularity of checking books out of public libraries; frequency of
trips to book stores and number of books purchased in the last month;
preferred place to purchase books; expectations of book illustrations
(scale); point in time, duration of reading and evaluation of last
book read; source of this book; motives for reading this book;
classification of book in literature genre and evaluation; knowledge
about the publisher "Neues Leben"; knowledge about the book series of
the publisher (scale); knowledge about the books of various authors
of the publisher (scale); evaluation of various book titles of the
publisher (scale); interest in less well-known authors; expectations
of current literature (scale); evaluation of presentation of current
problems in various art forms (scale); personal literary activity;
library in place of residence; membership in social organizations;
occupation of respondent and partner; occupation of father or mother;
shift work; evaluation of conditions at work or in training (scale);
supplemental form "Temperamente": reasons for reading this magazine
(scale); evaluation of individual articles of "Temperamente" (scale);
changed frequency of reading the magazine depending on content
changes (scale); evaluation of graphic structuring of the magazine
(scale); preferred place to purchase the magazine; desired cycle of
appearance of the magazine; valuation of individual articles.