Script Author: Katja Borchert, Ph.D. (katjab@millisecond.com), Millisecond
Created: January 24, 2014
Last Modified: January 24, 2025 by K. Borchert (katjab@millisecond.com), Millisecond
Script Copyright © Millisecond Software, LLC
This script implements The Adolescent Risk Behavior Screen (ARBS) by Jankowski et al (2007).
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.
2 minutes
Participants fill out a 9 item survey to assess risk for high risk behavior in adolescents.
• 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
File Name: arbs_summary*.iqdat
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| inquisit.version | Inquisit version number |
| computer.platform | Device platform: win | mac |ios | android |
| computer.touch | 0 = device has no touchscreen capabilities; 1 = device has touchscreen capabilities |
| computer.hasKeyboard | 0 = no external keyboard detected; 1 = external keyboard detected |
| startDate | Date the session was run |
| startTime | Time the session was run |
| subjectId | Participant ID |
| groupId | Group number |
| sessionId | Session number |
| elapsedTime | Session duration in ms |
| completed | 0 = Test was not completed 1 = Test was completed |
| radioButtons.gender.response | The selected gender |
| textbox.age.response | The entered age |
| totalScore | The totalscore based on all answered questions Range: 9-30 The higher the score the greater the risk |
| countAnsweredQuestions | Counts all answered questions |
| meanScore | Calculates the mean score (used as substitute if not all questions are answered) |
| arbsScore | The ARBS score (based on totalscore) !!! 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 |
| 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) |
File Name: arbs.iqdat
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| date | Date the session was run |
| time | Time the session was run |
| subject | Participant ID |
| group | Group number |
| session | Session number |
| build | Inquisit version number |
| 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) |
The procedure can be adjusted by setting the following parameters.
| Name | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
| pageInstructions | The instructions that appear at the top of each surveyPage |