Mood and Anxiety Symptoms Questionnaire - MASQ-D30

Technical Manual

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

Created: January 11, 2024

Last Modified: January 11, 2024 by K. Borchert (katjab@millisecond.com), Millisecond

Script Copyright © Millisecond Software, LLC

Background

This script implements Millisecond's computerized version of the Mood and Anxiety Symptoms Questionnaire -D30 (MASQ-d30, 30 items, Wardenaar et al, 2010). The MASQ-D30 is an adapted version of the Mood and Anxiety Symptoms Questionnaire (MASQ, 90 items, Clark &Watson, 1991), a self-report survey intended to assess the shared and distinct symptoms of anxiety and depression. According to Wardenaar et al (2010), the MASQ-D30 'is more suitable for large-scale psychopathology research and has a clearer factor structure' than the original MASQ.

References

MASQ-D30:

Wardenaar, K. J., van Veen, T., Giltay, E. J., de Beurs, E., Penninx, B. W. J. H., & Zitman, F. G. (2010). Development and validation of a 30-item short adaptation of the Mood and Anxiety Symptoms Questionnaire (MASQ). Psychiatry Research, 179(1), 101–106. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2009.03.005

MASQ:

Clark, L. A., & Watson, D. (1991). Tripartite Model of Anxiety and Depression: Psychometric Evidence and Taxonomic Implications. Journal of Abnormal Psychology (1965), 100(3), 316–336. https://doi.org/10.1037/0021-843X.100.3.316

Duration

3 minute

Overview

self-report measure consisting of 30 5-point Likert Scale questions on three subscales:
GD: General Distress Subscale (10 questions)
AD: Anhedonic Depression Subscale (10 questions)
AA: Anxious Arousal Subscale (10 questions)

Summary Data

File Name: masqd30_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
Higher Values Indicate Greater Anxiety/Depression Scores
masqd30Total Sum of all responses (Range: 30-150)
Subscales
masqd30AA Anxious Arousal: q2AA, q5AA, q8AA, q15AA, q18AA, q20AA, q21AA, q24AA, q27AA, q30AA (Range: 10-50)
masqd30AD Anhedonic Depression: q3RAD, q6RAD, q9RAD, q11RAD, q14RAD, q16RAD, q19RAD, q22RAD, q26RAD, q29RAD (Range: 10-50)
masqd30GD General Distress: q1GD, q4GD, q7GD, q10GD, q12GD, q13GD, q17GD, q23GD, q25GD, q28GD (Range: 10-50)

Raw Data

File Name: masqd30.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 (not at all) - 5 (extremely)
R: reversed coded questions
postfix _GD: general distress question
postfix _AD: anhedonic depression question
postfix _AA: anxious arousal question
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)