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THE ADOLESCENT RISK BEHAVIOR SCREEN (ARBS)
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Script Author: Katja Borchert, Ph.D. (katjab@millisecond.com) for Millisecond Software, LLC
Date: 07-24-2014
last updated: 09-06-2019 by K.Borchert (katjab@millisecond.com) for Millisecond Software LLC
Script Copyright © 09-06-2019 Millisecond Software
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BACKGROUND INFO
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This script implements The Adolescent Risk Behavior Screen (ARBS) as described in:
Jankowski, MK, Rosenberg, HJ, Sengupta, A, Rosenberg, SD, & Wolford, GL (2007). Development of a Screening Tool to
Identify Adolescents Engaged in Multiple Problem Behaviors: The Adolescent Risk Behavior Screen (ARBS).
Journal of Adolescent Health, 40, 180.e19 –180.e26.
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OVERVIEW
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Participants fill out a 9 item survey to assess risk for high risk behavior in adolescents.
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DURATION
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the default set-up of the script takes appr. 2 minutes to complete
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DATA FILE INFORMATION
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The default data stored in the data files are:
(1) Raw data file: 'arbs.iqdat' (a separate file for each participant)
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)
Scales:
1: 1 (never)-4 (always)
2,3,5: yes (2)/ no(1)
4: 1 (0 times) - 3 (2 or more times)
6, 8: 1 (very wrong)- 4(not wrong at all); "I don't know" -> 3
7: 1 (no risk) - 4 (great risk); "I don't know" -> 3
9: 1 (none)-5 (five or more)
In all questions, higher scores reflect higher risk
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: 'arbs_summary*.iqdat' (a separate file for each participant)
computer.platform: the platform the script was run on (win/mac/ios/android)
script.startdate: date script was run
script.starttime: time script was started
script.subjectid: assigned subject id number
script.groupid: assigned group id number
script.sessionid: assigned session id number
script.elapsedtime: time it took to run script (in ms); measured from onset to offset of script
script.completed: 0 = script was not completed (prematurely aborted);
1 = script was completed (all conditions run)
radiobuttons.gender.response: the selected gender
textbox.age.response: the entered age
expressions.totalscore: the totalscore based on all answered questions
Range: 9-30
The higher the score the greater the risk
values.count_answeredquestions: counts all answered questions
expressions.meanscore: calculates the mean score (used as substitute if not all questions are answered)
expressions.ARBS_score: the ARBS score (based on totalscore)
!!!Note: for 1 or 2 missing questions => the mean is substituted
If more than 2 questions are left unanswered, the totalscore is not calculated in this script
expressions.riskassessment: totalscore_ARBS > 17: high risk; totalscore_ARBS <= 17: not high risk (if not enough data => "Cannot be determined")
"For most purposes, we recommend using a cut-off of greater than 17 for both girls and boys." (Jankowski et al, 2007)
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QUESTIONNAIRE SET-UP & SCORING
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* age/gender survey questions
* 9 item survey to assess risk for high risk behavior in adolescents
* lowest risk answer for each questions receives a score of 1 => minimum score = 9 (highest score = 30)
* the questions in this script are not required to be answered
To change: go to QUESTIONS and change /required = true to /required = true
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EDITABLE CODE
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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