“…There are many ways to define a (social) situation (Rauthmann et al, ), including the type of interaction partner (Chui, Hoppmann, Gerstorf, Walker, & Luszcz, ; Vogel, Ram, Conroy, Pincus, & Gerstorf, ), the place or activity (Wrzus et al, ), the purpose (McCabe & Fleeson, ), and the perceptions (Horstmann & Ziegler, ; Rauthmann et al, ; Sherman et al, ) and behaviours of the individuals involved (Côté & Moskowitz, ; Fournier, Moskowitz, & Zuroff, ; Pincus, ; Pincus, Hopwood, & Wright, ; Wang et al, ). However, in research designs where only the target person's perception is used to measure a situation, distinctions between person and situation variables can become blurred, because person variables may influence situation perception (cf.…”