User Manual: Inquisit Reflective Functioning Questionnaire (RFQ-8)


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									*The Reflective Functioning Questionnaire (RFQ)*
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Script Author: Katja Borchert, Ph.D. (katjab@millisecond.com) for Millisecond Software, LLC
Date: 05-04-2018
last updated:  02-28-2022 by K. Borchert (katjab@millisecond.com) for Millisecond Software, LLC

Script Copyright © 02-28-2022 Millisecond Software

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BACKGROUND INFO 	
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This script implements a computerized version of the Reflective Functioning Questionnaire (RFQ) by:

Fonagy P, Luyten P, Moulton-Perkins A, Lee YW, Warren F, Howard S, et al. 
Development and validation of a self-report measure of mentalizing: 
The Reflective Functioning Questionnaire. PLOS ONE. 2016;11(7):e0158678. 
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0158678

downloaded from: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/psychoanalysis/research/rfq

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OVERVIEW
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8 7-point Likert Scale, self-resport

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DURATION 
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the default set-up of the script takes appr. 1 minute 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: 'rfq8.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 1-7, no rescoring/reversed scoring of raw data)
								see summary data file for rescored data
								
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: 'rfq8_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)

RFQ_c:							Certainty about Mental States
								=> rescoring of q1, q2, q3, q4, q5, q6 responses into values.RFQ_c1-values.RFQ_c6
								with 1 = 3; 2 = 2; 3 = 1; 4+ = 0
								=> mean of the rescored RFQ_c values = RFQ_c
								
RFQ_u:							Uncertainty about Mental States 
								=> rescoring of q2, q4, q5, q6, q8 responses into values.RFQ_u2-values.RFQ_u8
								with 4 and below = 0, 5 = 1, 6 = 2, 7 = 3
								=> rescoring of q7 into values.RFQ_u with
								with 1 = 3; 2 = 2; 3 = 1; 4+ = 0
								=> mean of the rescored RFQ_u values => RFQ_u
							
+ original & rescored responses								
Example:
radiobuttons.q1.response:		original response
RFQc1:							rescored response (see above) 
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QUESTIONNAIRE SET-UP 
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8 7-point Likert Scale, self-resport

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INSTRUCTIONS 
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see 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