___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Ruminative Responses Scale Scale (RRS) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Script Author: Katja Borchert, Ph.D. (katjab@millisecond.com) for Millisecond Software, LLC Date: 10-24-2022 last updated: 12-30-2022 by K. Borchert (katjab@millisecond.com) for Millisecond Software, LLC Script Copyright © 12-30-2022 Millisecond Software ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ BACKGROUND INFO ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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. Reference: 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 ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ OVERVIEW ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The RRS scale is a self-report measure consisting of 22 4-point Likert Scale questions ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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: 'RRS.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 (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) (2) Summary data file: 'RRS_summary*.iqdat' (a separate file for each 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) Total_RRS: 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