Return to the Reflective Functioning Questionnaire (RFQ-8) page
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
*The Reflective Functioning Questionnaire (RFQ)*
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Script Author: Katja Borchert, Ph.D. (katjab@millisecond.com) for Millisecond Software, LLC
Date: 05-04-2018
last updated: 10-23-2019 by K. Borchert (katjab@millisecond.com) for Millisecond Software, LLC
Script Copyright © 10-23-2019 Millisecond Software
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
BACKGROUND INFO
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
OVERVIEW
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
8 7-point Likert Scale, self-resport
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
DURATION
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
the default set-up of the script takes appr. 1 minute to complete
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
DATA FILE INFORMATION
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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)
computer.platform: the platform the script was run on (win/mac/ios/android)
script.startdate: date script was run
script.starttime: time script was started
script.subjectid: assigned subject id number
script.groupid: assigned group id number
script.sessionid: assigned session id number
script.elapsedtime: time it took to run script (in ms); measured from onset to offset of script
script.completed: 0 = script was not completed (prematurely aborted);
1 = script was completed (all conditions run)
expressions.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
expressions.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
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
QUESTIONNAIRE SET-UP
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
8 7-point Likert Scale, self-resport
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
INSTRUCTIONS
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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