Reflective Functioning Questionnaire - RFQ-8

Technical Manual

Script Author: Katja Borchert, Ph.D. (katjab@millisecond.com), Millisecond

Created: January 04, 2018

Last Modified: January 06, 2023 by K. Borchert (katjab@millisecond.com), Millisecond

Script Copyright © Millisecond Software, LLC

Background

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: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/psychoanalysis/research/rfq

Duration

1 minute

Overview

8 7-point Likert Scale, self-resport

Instructions

see Editable Parameters

Scoring

8 7-point Likert Scale, self-resport

Summary Data

File Name: rfq8_summary.iqdat' (Inquisit Lab: one data file per participant)

Data Fields

NameDescription
inquisit.version Inquisit version number
computer.platform Device platform: win | mac |ios | android
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
rfqC 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
rfqU 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)

Raw Data

File Name: rfq8.iqdat

Data Fields

NameDescription
date Date the session was run
time Time the session was run
subject, group, session With the current subject/groupnumber/session id
build Inquisit version number
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)

Parameters

The procedure can be adjusted by setting the following parameters.

NameDescriptionDefault
pageInstructions The instructions that appear at the top of each surveyPage