Risk Taking Questionnaire - RT-18

Technical Manual

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

Created: January 24, 2014

Last Modified: January 11, 2025 by K. Borchert (katjab@millisecond.com), Millisecond

Script Copyright © Millisecond Software, LLC

Background

This script implements the RT-18 Risk Taking Questionnaire as described in de Haan et al (2011).

References

de Haan, L., Kuipers, E., Kuerten, Y., van Laar, M., Olivier, B,. & Verster, J.C. (2011). The RT-18: a new screening tool to assess young adult risk-taking behavior. International Journal of General Medicine, 4, 575–584.

Duration

1 minutes

Description

18 yes/no questions about risk taking behavior, self-report

Instructions

provided by Millisecond - can be edited under section Editable Parameters

Summary Data

File Name: rt18_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
totalScore The sum of all responses. The response that suggests risk taking gets a point.
factor1RiskTakingBehavior The sum of all scores of questions that load on factor 1: q4, q5, q6, q7, q14, q15, q16, q17, q18
=> Range: 0-9: the higher the score, the higher the reported risk taking behavior
factor2RiskAssessment The sum of all scores of questions that load on factor 2: q1, q2R, q3, q8, q9R, q10R, q11R, q12, q13
=> Range: 0-9: the higher the score, the more participant reported to do things without thinking about consequences

Raw Data

File Name: rt18.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: yes (1) - no (0)
R = automatically 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)

Parameters

The procedure can be adjusted by setting the following parameters.

NameDescriptionDefault
pageInstructions The instructions that appear at the top of each surveyPage