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The DRM asks respondents to reconstruct the previous day by completing a structured
self-administered questionnaire. A respondent first reinstantiates the previous day into
working memory by producing a short diary consisting of a sequence of episodes.

Next, respondents receive a response form (documented as “Packet 3”) and are
encouraged to draw on their confidential diary notes to answer a series of questions.
These questions ask them to describe key features of each episode, including (1) when
the episode began and ended, (2) what they were doing, (3) where they were, (4) whom
they were interacting with, and (5) how they felt on multiple affect dimensions.

In addition, respondents answer a number of questions about themselves and the
circumstances of their lives (e.g., demographics, job characteristics, personality
measures). “Packet 1“ and “Packet 4” document the variables assessed in the study
reported in Kahneman et al. (2004).