Adult Temperament Questionnaire - Effortful Control Scale - ATQ-ECS

Technical Manual

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

Created: January 26, 2017

Last Modified: January 26, 2025 by K. Borchert (katjab@millisecond.com), Millisecond

Background

This script implements a computerized version of the ATQ (Effort Control Scale, Evans & Rothbart, 2007)

References

Evans, D.E., & Rothbart, M.K. (2007). Development of a model for adult temperament. Journal of Research in Personality, 41, 868-888.

Duration

3 minutes

Description

self-report questionnaire with 19 8-point Likert Scale questions

Procedure

19 8-point Likert Scale

Scale:
1 'Extremely Untrue' 2 'Quite Untrue' 3 'Slightly Untrue' 4 'Neither True nor False' 5 'Slightly True' 6 'Quite True' 7 'Extremely True' 0 'Not Applicable'.

10 questions are reversed scored with:
7 'Extremely Untrue' 6 'Quite Untrue' 5 'Slightly Untrue' 4 'Neither True nor False' 3 'Slightly True' 2 'Quite True' 1 'Extremely True' 0 'Not Applicable'.

Scoring

1. Reversed Scoring: ATQ2R,5R,8R,29R,40R,50R,53R,60R,63R,72R
2. Script counts how many ACV/ATT/INH items are responses other than "NA"
3. Script sums up all ACV/ATT/IHN items and divides them by their respective non-"NA" number of responses

in this script, NA responses are coded with 0 (so that NA-answers do not affect ACV, ATT, INH scores)

Instructions

can be changed under section Editable Parameters

Summary Data

File Name: ATQ_summary.iqdat' (Inquisit Lab: one data file per participant)

Data Fields

Name	Description
inquisit.version	Inquisit version number
computer.platform	Device platform: win \| mac \|ios \| android
computer.touch	0 = device has no touchscreen capabilities; 1 = device has touchscreen capabilities
computer.hasKeyboard	0 = no external keyboard detected; 1 = external keyboard detected
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
acv	Mean (ATQ2r, ATQ8r, ATQ15, ATQ27, ATQ47, ATQ55, ATQ72r).
countACV	Number of responses other than "NA" responses of ACV items
att	Mean (ATQ5r, ATQ29r, ATQ35, ATQ40r, ATQ50r).
countATT	Number of responses other than "NA" responses of ATT items
inh	Mean (ATQ11, ATQ26, ATQ43, ATQ53r, ATQ60r, ATQ63r, ATQ76).
countINH	Number of responses other than "NA" responses of INH items
effortfulControl	Mean (ATQ2r, ATQ8r, ATQ15, ATQ27, ATQ47, ATQ55, ATQ72r, ATQ5r, ATQ29r, ATQ35, ATQ40r, ATQ50r, ATQ11, ATQ26, ATQ43, ATQ53r, ATQ60r, ATQ63r, ATQ76).
countAll	Number of responses other than "NA" responses

Raw Data

File Name: atq.iqdat

Data Fields

Name	Description
date	Date the session was run
time	Time the session was run
subject	Participant ID
group	Group number
session	Session number
build	Inquisit version number
q*_response	Response given (in assigned values) Scale: 1 (extremely untrue) - 7 (Extremely true) R = automatically reversed scored questions (ATQ2,5,8,29,40,50,53,60,63,72) in this script, "NA" responses are coded with 0 (so that NA-answers do not affect ACV, ATT, INH scores)
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.

Name	Description	Default
pageInstructions	The instructions that appear at the top of each surveyPage