Script Author: Katja Borchert, Ph.D. (katjab@millisecond.com), Millisecond
Created: January 10, 2013
Last Modified: January 11, 2025 by K. Borchert (katjab@millisecond.com), Millisecond
Script Copyright © Millisecond Software, LLC
This Inquisit script implements the Regulatory Focus Questionnaire (RFQ) developed by Higgins et al (2001) to measure chronic regulatory focus regarding focus on success promotion and loss averting.
Higgins, E. T., Friedman, R. S., Harlow, R. E., Idson, L. C., Ayduk, O. N., Taylor, A. (2001). Achievement orientations from subjective histories of success: Promotion pride versus prevention pride. European Journal of Social Psychology, 31, 3-23.
Higgins Lab: https://higginsweb.psych.columbia.edu/research/
1.5 minutes
The RFQ measures the subjective histories of promotion success (success of obtaining 'gains') and
prevention success (success of averting 'losses') by assessing the responses to 11 5-point likert questions,
self-report.
File Name: rdq_summary.iqdat
| 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 |
| promotionScore | Sum of (q1,q3,q7,q9,q10,q11), Range: 6-30 |
| preventionScore | Sum of (q2,q4,q5,q6,q8), Range: 5-25 |
File Name: rdq.iqdat
| 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) reversed scored items (R) are automatically reversed scored |
| 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) |