User Manual: Inquisit Physical Activity Enjoyment Scale (PACES)

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								Physical Activity Enjoyment Scale (PACES)
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Script Author: Katja Borchert, Ph.D. (katjab@millisecond.com) for Millisecond Software, LLC
Date: 08-01-2025
last updated:  08-01-2025 by K. Borchert (katjab@millisecond.com) for Millisecond Software, LLC

Script Copyright © 08-01-2025 Millisecond Software

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BACKGROUND INFO 	
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This script implements the Physical Activity Enjoyment Scale (PACES) by Kendzierski & DeCarlo (1991)
to measure enjoyment of physical exercise activities which is said to play a role in exercise adherence.


/*Reference*/

Kendzierski, D., & DeCarlo, K. J. (1991). Physical Activity Enjoyment Scale: Two Validation Studies. 
Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 13(1), 50–64. 
https://doi.org/10.1123/jsep.13.1.50
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OVERVIEW
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self-report measure consisting of 18 7-point Likert Scale questions
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DURATION 
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the default set-up of the script takes appr. 2 minute to complete

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DATA OUTPUT DICTIONAIRY
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The fields in the data files are:

(1) Raw data file: 'xxx.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 (negative anchor) - 7 (positive anchor)
								R: reversed coded questions (=> all positive anchors are scored with a 7)
									
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: 'xxx_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)	
							

pacesTotal:						the sum of all allocated points
								(1 point = negative anchor) to (7points = positive anchor)
								Range: 18 - 126
							
+ all 18individual responses