Willingness to Forgive Scale

Technical Manual

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

Created: January 06, 2016

Last Modified: January 29, 2023 by K. Borchert (katjab@millisecond.com), Millisecond

Script Copyright © Millisecond Software, LLC

Background

This script implements the Willingness To Forgive Scales based on:

DeShea, L. (2003). A Scenario-Based Scale of Willingness to Forgive. Individual Differences Research, 1(3), 201-217.

Duration

4 minutes

Procedure

Participants are asked to read 12 scenarios (presented one at a time) involving a variety of transgressions
and rate their likelihood to forgive on a 7-point Likert Scale.

Overview

Scale presents 12 scenarios of personal transgressions and have participant rate their
willingness to forgive on a 7-point Likert Scale.

Stimuli

scenarios taken from DeShea (2003)

Summary Data

File Name: willingnesstoforgive_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
total Sum of all 12 ratings
meanRating Mean rating (1 = not at all willing to forgive....7 = completely willing to forgive)
minRating Minimum rating score selected
maxRating Maximum rating score selected
meanRT Mean latency (in ms) of rating

Raw Data

File Name: willingnesstoforgive_raw*.iqdat

Data Fields

NameDescription
build Inquisit version number
computer.platform Device platform: win | mac |ios | android
date Date the session was run
time Time the session was run
subject Participant ID
group Group number
session Session number
blockCode Name of the current block
blockNum Number of the current block
trialCode Name of the current trial
trialNum Number of the current trial
stimulusItem The presented stimuli in order of trial presentation
response The participant's response (scancode of response buttons)
correct Accuracy of response: 1 = correct response; 0 = otherwise
latency The response latency (in ms);measured from: onset of scenario