Gratitude Questionnaire - GQ-6

Technical Manual

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

Created: January 16, 2022

Last Modified: January 16, 2023 by K. Borchert (katjab@millisecond.com), Millisecond

Script Copyright © Millisecond Software, LLC

Background

This script implements the Gratitude Questionnaire (GQ-6) by McCullough et al (2002). The Gratitude questionnaire is a measure of the disposition to experience gratitude.

References

RMcCullough, M. E., Emmons, R. A., & Tsang, J. (2002). The Grateful Disposition: A conceptual and Empirical Topography. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 82, 112-127

Duration

1.5 minutes

Overview

Short self-report survey with 6 7-point Likert scale questions

Summary Data

File Name: gq_6_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
gq6Score The sum of all responses, Range: 6-42
The higher the score, the higher the gratitute report
+ responses to all 6 individual questions

Raw Data

File Name: gratitude.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 disagree", 7 = "strongly agree".
R = reversed scored items
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)