Sex Role Orientation Scale - SRO

Technical Manual

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

Created: January 08, 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 SRO scale as described in:

Brogan, D. & Kutner, N.G., 1976: Measuring sex-role orientations: A normative approach. Journal of Marriage and The Family 38, 31-40.

Duration

4 minutes

Overview

36 6-point Likert Scales, scored with 1-6 (the lower the score the more traditional the view of sex roles)

Instructions

instructions can be changed under section Editable Parameters.
To change the wording of the questions, go to section QUESTIONS

Summary Data

File Name: sro_scale_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
sroTotal Total score (Min: 36 - Max:216)
=> the lower the score the more traditional the view of sex roles
+ individual responses

Raw Data

File Name: sro_scale.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(strongly agree) - 6 (strongly disagree)
R = automatically 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 general instructions that appear at the top of each surveyPage