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The List of Threatening Experiences (LTE) Questionnaire
SCRIPT INFO
Script Author: Katja Borchert, Ph.D. (katjab@millisecond.com) for Millisecond Software, LLC
Date: 02-27-2018
last updated: 04-17-2018 by K.Borchert for Millisecond Software LLC
Script Copyright © 04-17-2018 Millisecond Software
BACKGROUND INFO
*Purpose*
This script implements the The List of Threatening Experiences (LTE) Questionnaire as described in:
Brugha TS, Cragg D (1990). The List of Threatening Experiences: the reliability and validity of a brief life
events questionnaire. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica 82, 77–81.
*Task*
12 yes-no questions regarding major life events
DATA FILE INFORMATION:
The default data stored in the data files are:
(1) Raw data file: 'lte_q_survey.iqdat'
date, time, group, subject: date and time script was run with the current group/subjectnumber
build: the Inquisit build
q*_response: response given (in assigned values)
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: 'lte_q_summary_summary.iqdat' (Inquisit Lab: one data file per participant)
script.startdate: date script was run
script.starttime: time script was started
script.subjectid: subject id number
script.groupid: group id number
script.elapsedtime: time it took to run script (in ms)
computer.platform: the platform the script was run on
/completed: 0 = script was not completed (prematurely aborted); 1 = script was completed (all conditions run)
/LTEscore: number of affirmed life events
QUESTIONNAIRE SET-UP
12 yes-no questions regarding major life events
INSTRUCTIONS
see section Editable Parameters
EDITABLE CODE:
check below for (relatively) easily editable parameters, stimuli, instructions etc.
Keep in mind that you can use this script as a template and therefore always "mess" with the entire code to further customize your experiment.
The parameters you can change are:
/pageinstructions: the instructions that appear at the top of each surveypage