___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ *Quick Delay Questionnaire* ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Script Author: Katja Borchert, Ph.D. (katjab@millisecond.com) for Millisecond Software, LLC Date: 06-15-2021 last updated: 02-25-2022 by K. Borchert (katjab@millisecond.com) for Millisecond Software, LLC Script Copyright © 02-25-2022 Millisecond Software Millisecond Software thanks Dr. Edmond Sonuga-Barke for generously giving permission to include the measure in the Millisecond task library! ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ BACKGROUND INFO ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ This script implements the Quick Delay Questionnaire (QDQ) by Clare et al (2010). Reference Sylvia Clare, S., Helps, S. & Sonuga-Barke, E.J.S (2010). The quick delay questionnaire: a measure of delay aversion and discounting in adults. ADHD Atten Def Hyp Disord, 2, 43–48. DOI 10.1007/s12402-010-0020-4 NOTE: Please obtain permission from the authors before using this measure. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ OVERVIEW ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 10 5-point likert type self-report questionnaire, originally designed for adults. It measures delay-related behavior in regard to every day situation on two distinct dimensions: Delay Aversion (emotion related) and Delay Discounting (non emotion related) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ DURATION ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ the default set-up of the script takes under 2 minutes to complete ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ DATA FILE INFORMATION ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The default data stored in the data files are: (1) Raw data file: 'qdq.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 (very like me) - 5 (not at all like me) R = automatically reversed scored questions (q1R, q2R, q3R, q4R) 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: 'qdq_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) delayAversion: positive/negative emotions relating to delay q2, q4, q6R, q8R, q9R Range: 5-25 The higher the value the higher aversion to delays delayDiscounting: assigning value to delays q1, q3, q5R, q7R, q10R Range: 5-25 The higher the value the more the person discounts delays individual responses: radiobuttons.q1.response, radiobuttons.q2.response, radiobuttons.q3.response, radiobuttons.q4.response, radiobuttons.q5R.response, radiobuttons.q6R.response, radiobuttons.q7R.response, radiobuttons.q8R.response, radiobuttons.q9R.response, radiobuttons.q10R.response _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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: