Sensitivity to Punishment and Sensitivity to Reward Questionnaire - SPSRQ

Technical Manual

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

Created: January 25, 2017

Last Modified: January 16, 2023 by K. Borchert (katjab@millisecond.com), Millisecond

Script Copyright © Millisecond Software, LLC

Background

This script implements a computerized version of the Sensitivity to Punishment and Sensitivity to Reward Questionnaire (SPSRQ) as described in:

Torrubia, R., Avila, C., Molto, J., & Caseras, X. (2001). The Sensitivity to Punishment and Sensitivity to Reward Questionnaire (SPSRQ) as a measure of Gray’s anxiety and impulsivity dimensions. Personality and Individual Differences, 31(6), 837-862.

Duration

4 minutes

Overview

48 yes/no questions

odd-numbered questions belong to subscale "Sensitivity to Punishment"
even-numbered questions belong to subscale "Sensitivity to Reward"

Instructions

can be edited under section "Editable Parameters"

Summary Data

File Name: spsrq_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
sensitivityToPunishment Total on subscale "sensitivity to punishment" (range: 0-24)
=> the higher the score the more sensitive to possible punishment
sensitivityToReward Total on subscale "sensitivity to reward" (range: 0-24)
=> the higher the score the more sensitive to possible reward

Raw Data

File Name: spsrq.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(yes), 0 (no)
no reversed scored questions
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