User Manual: Inquisit Mood and Anxiety Symptoms Questionnaire -d30 (MASQ-D30)


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								Mood and Anxiety Symptoms Questionnaire -d30  (MASQ-D30)
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Script Author: Katja Borchert, Ph.D. (katjab@millisecond.com) for Millisecond Software, LLC
Date: 01-11-2024
last updated:  01-11-2024 by K. Borchert (katjab@millisecond.com) for Millisecond Software, LLC

Script Copyright © 01-11-2024 Millisecond Software

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BACKGROUND INFO 	
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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

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OVERVIEW
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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)
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DURATION 
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the default set-up of the script takes appr. 3 minute to complete

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DATA OUTPUT DICTIONARY
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The fields in the data files are:

(1) Raw data file: 'masqd30.iqdat'

date, time:						date and time script was run with the current group/subjectnumber 
subject, group, session:	  	with the current subject/groupnumber/session id
build:							the Inquisit build 

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)

(2) Summary data file: 'masqd30_summary*.iqdat' (a separate file for each participant)

inquisit.version:				Inquisit version run
computer.platform:				the platform the script was run on (win/mac/ios/android)
startDate:						date script was run
startTime:						time script was started
subjectId:						assigned subject id number
groupId:						assigned group id number
sessionId:						assigned session id number
elapsedTime:					time it took to run script (in ms); measured from onset to offset of script
completed:						0 = script was not completed (prematurely aborted); 
								1 = script was completed (all conditions run)	

	
//Higher Values indicate greater anxiety/depression scores
	
masqd30Total: 			sum of all responses (Range: 30-150)

//Subscales:
masqd30AA: 			Anxious Arousal: q2_AA, q5_AA, q8_AA, q15_AA, q18_AA, q20_AA, q21_AA, q24_AA, q27_AA, q30_AA (Range: 10-50)

masqd30AD: 			Anhedonic Depression: q3R_AD, q6R_AD, q9R_AD, q11R_AD, q14R_AD, q16R_AD, q19R_AD, q22R_AD, q26R_AD, q29R_AD (Range: 10-50)

masqd30GD: 			General Distress: q1_GD, q4_GD, q7_GD, q10_GD, q12_GD, q13_GD, q17_GD, q23_GD, q25_GD, q28_GD	(Range: 10-50)