Ruminative Responses Scale

Technical Manual

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

Created: January 24, 2022

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 Ruminative Responses Scale (RRS, Treynor et al, 2003). Rumination can be described as a tendency to use 'repetitive and passive focus on one's negative emotions' and has been linked to depression.

References

Treynor, W., Gonzalez, R. & Nolen-Hoeksema, S. Rumination Reconsidered: A Psychometric Analysis. Cognitive Therapy and Research 27, 247–259 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1023910315561

Duration

1 minute

Overview

The RRS scale is a self-report measure consisting of 22 4-point Likert Scale questions

Summary Data

File Name: RRS_summary*.iqdat

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
totalRRS The total rumination response scale score,
calculated as the sum of the individual 22 responses
Range: 22 - 88, the higher the score the more
participants tend to ruminate
+22 individual responses

Raw Data

File Name: RRS.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)
Scale: 1 (almost never) - 4 (almost always)
_D: depression-related
_B: brooding
_R: reflection
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)