User Manual: Inquisit Hyperfemininity Scale


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									HYPERFEMININITY SCALE
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Script Author: Katja Borchert, Ph.D. (katjab@millisecond.com) for Millisecond Software, LLC
Date: 03-21-2017
last updated:  02-23-2022 by K. Borchert (katjab@millisecond.com) for Millisecond Software, LLC

Script Copyright © 02-23-2022 Millisecond Software

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BACKGROUND INFO 	
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This script implements the Hyperfemininity Scale as described in:

Sarah K. Murnen Ph.D. & Donn Byrne Ph.D. (1991) Hyperfemininity:
Measurement and initial validation of the construct, The Journal of Sex Research, 28:3,
479-489, DOI: 10.1080/00224499109551620

http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00224499109551620

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OVERVIEW
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26 questions, each with 2 statements. One statement choice represent the hyperfemininity response
and is scored with a 1. The alternative answer choice is scored with 0.

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DURATION 
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the default set-up of the script takes appr. 3 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: 'hyperfemininityscale_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 (hyperfeminin answer choice) - 0 (otherwise)
									
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: 'hyperfemininityscale_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)

totalScore: 					sum of all individual scores (Range: 0-26);
								the higher the number the more hyperfeminin answer choices were selected
								

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INSTRUCTIONS 
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can be edited under section Editable Parameters

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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