Iowa Sleep Experiences Survey - ISES

Technical Manual

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

Created: January 30, 2018

Last Modified: January 05, 2025 by K. Borchert (katjab@millisecond.com), Millisecond

Script Copyright © Millisecond Software, LLC

Background

This script implements a computerized version of the Iowa Sleep Experiences Survey (ISES) by Watson (2001).

References

Watson, D. (2001). Dissociations of the night: Individual differences in sleep-related experiences and their relation to dissociation and schizotypy. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 110, 526-535.

For more information: https://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~jfkihlstrom/ConsciousnessWeb/SleepDreams/ISES.htm

Duration

3 minutes

Description

24 7-point Likert questions, self-report

Instructions

see /caption and /subcaption under section SURVEYPAGES

Summary Data

File Name: ises_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
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
generalSleepExperiencesScale Sum of #1, #2, #6, #7, #12, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23, #24
lucidDreaming Sum of #8, #9, #10

Raw Data

File Name: ises.iqdat

Data Fields

NameDescription
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: 0 (never) - 6 (regularly)
no 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)