___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Distress Tolerance Scale (DTS) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Script Author: Katja Borchert, Ph.D. (katjab@millisecond.com) for Millisecond Software, LLC Date: 02-21-2018 last updated: 06-07-2023 by K. Borchert (katjab@millisecond.com) for Millisecond Software, LLC Script Copyright © 06-07-2023 Millisecond Software ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ BACKGROUND INFO ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ This script implements a computerized version of the Distress Tolerance Scale (DTS) as described in: Simons, J.S. & Gaher, R.M. (2005). The Distress Tolerance Scale: Development and Validation of a Self-Report Measure. Motivation and Emotion, 29, 83-102. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ OVERVIEW ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 15 5-point Likert Scale, self-report ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ DURATION ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ the default set-up of the script takes appr. 2 minutes to complete __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ DATA FILE INFORMATION ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The default data stored in the data files are: (1) Raw data file: 'dts_survey.iqdat' 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) Scale: 1 (strongly agree) - 5 (strongly disagree) R = automatically reversed scored questions 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: 'distresstolerancescale_summary.iqdat' (Inquisit Lab: one data file per participant) inquisit.version: Inquisit version run computer.platform: the platform the script was run on (win/mac/ios/android) startDate: date script was run startTime: time script was started subjectid: assigned subject id number groupid: assigned group id number sessionid: assigned session id number elapsedTime: time it took to run script (in ms); measured from onset to offset of script completed: 0 = script was not completed (prematurely aborted); 1 = script was completed (all conditions run) High scores represent high distress tolerance (Range: 1-5) DTS_G: 'the higher-order scale formed from the means of the first-order subscales' (see Simons & Gaher, 2005, table IV, p.94) = mean of (expressions.Tolerance, expressions.Absorption, expressions.Appraisal, expressions.Regulation) Subscale Scores: Subscale scores are the mean of the items (see Simons & Gaher, 2005, p.100) Tolerance: mean of sum(q1, q3, q5) Absorption: mean of sum(q2, q4, q15) Appraisal = mean of sum(q6R, q7, q9, q10, q11, q12) R=reversed scored Regulation = mean of sum(q13, q14, q8) + individual responses ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ INSTRUCTIONS ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ as provided by Simons & Gaher (2005), see 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