Hyperfemininity Scale

Technical Manual

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

Created: March 21, 2017

Last Modified: July 18, 2023 by K. Borchert (katjab@millisecond.com), Millisecond

Script Copyright © Millisecond Software, LLC

Background

This script implements the Hyperfemininity Scale as described in:

Sarah K. Murnen Ph.D. & Donn Byrne Ph.D. (1991) Hyperfemininity: Measurement and initial validation of the construct, The Journal of Sex Research, 28:3, 479-489, DOI: 10.1080/00224499109551620

Https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00224499109551620

Duration

3 minutes

Overview

26 questions, each with 2 statements. One statement choice represent the hyperfemininity response
and is scored with a 1. The alternative answer choice is scored with 0.

Instructions

can be edited under section Editable Parameters

Summary Data

File Name: hyperfemininityscale_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
totalScore Sum of all individual scores (Range: 0-26)
the higher the number the more hyperfeminin answer choices were selected
+ individual responses

Raw Data

File Name: hyperfemininityscale_survey.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 (hyperfeminin answer choice) - 0 (otherwise)
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 instructions that appear at the top of each surveyPage