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Willingness to Forgive (WTF)
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Script Author: Katja Borchert, Ph.D. (katjab@millisecond.com) for Millisecond Software, LLC
Date: 05-06-2016
last updated: 11-06-2019 by K. Borchert (katjab@millisecond.com) for Millisecond Software, LLC
Script Copyright © 11-06-2019 Millisecond Software
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BACKGROUND INFO
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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.
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OVERVIEW
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Scale presents 12 scenarios of personal transgressions and have participant rate their
willingness to forgive on a 7-point Likert Scale.
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DURATION
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the default set-up of the script takes appr. 4 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: 'willingnesstoforgive_raw*.iqdat' (a separate file for each participant)
build: The specific Inquisit version used (the 'build') that was run
computer.platform: the platform the script was run on (win/mac/ios/android)
date, time, date and time script was run
subject, group, with the current subject/groupnumber
script.sessionid: with the current session id
blockcode, blocknum: the name and number of the current block (built-in Inquisit variable)
trialcode, trialnum: the name and number of the currently recorded trial (built-in Inquisit variable)
Note: trialnum is a built-in Inquisit variable; it counts all trials run; even those
that do not store data to the data file.
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
(2) Summary data file: 'willingnesstoforgive_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)
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
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EXPERIMENTAL SET-UP
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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.
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STIMULI
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scenarios taken from DeShea (2003)