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*SELF-INJURIOUS THOUGHTS AND BEHAVIORS INTERVIEW (SITBI) - short form*
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Script Author: Katja Borchert, Ph.D. (katjab@millisecond.com) for Millisecond Software, LLC
Date: 07-24-2014
last updated: 10-28-2019 by K. Borchert (katjab@millisecond.com) for Millisecond Software, LLC
Script Copyright © 10-28-2019 Millisecond Software
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BACKGROUND INFO
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This script implements a computerized version of the Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors Interview (SITBI)
(short-form) as described in:
Nock, M. K., Holmberg, E. B., Photos, V. I., & Michel, B. D. (2007). The Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors Interview:
Development, reliability, and validity in an adolescent sample. Psychological Assessment, 19, 309-317.
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OVERVIEW
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SITBI is an interview-based measure to uniformly assess the presence, frequency, and characteristics of
(a) suicidal ideation, (b) suicide plans, (c) suicide gestures, (d) suicide attempts, and (e) NSSI.
(from: Nock et al, 2007, p.310). The script contains 72 questions spread across 20 surveypages.
Notes:
1. By default, none of the questions have to be answered to through the survey. To change, go
to section QUESTIONS and follow further instructions.
2. Screenshots of each surveypage can be taken - go to section SURVEY and follow further instructions
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DURATION
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the default set-up of the script takes appr. 5-10 minutes 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: 'sitbi.iqdat'
date, time, date and time script was run
group, subject, session: with the current group/subject/sessionnumber
build: the Inquisit build
q*_response: response given (in assigned values)
q*_latency: how much time the participant spent on the surveypage with this particular question
(the last time this particular surveypage was visited)
(2) Summary data file: 'SITBI_summary*.iqdat' (a separate file for each 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)
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INSTRUCTIONS
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can be changed under Editable Values
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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:
/title: the survey title
/instructions: the SITBI instructions