___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ *The Snaith Hamilton Pleasure Scale (SHAPS)* ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Script Author: Katja Borchert, Ph.D. (katjab@millisecond.com) for Millisecond Software, LLC Date: 03-06-2018 last updated: 10-10-2023 by K. Borchert (katjab@millisecond.com) for Millisecond Software, LLC Script Copyright © 10-10-2023 Millisecond Software ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ BACKGROUND INFO ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ This script implements a computerized version of the Snaith Hamilton Pleasure Scale (SHAPS) as described in: Snaith RP, Hamilton M, Morley S, Humayan A, Hargreaves D, Trigwell P. (1995). A scale for the assessment of hedonic tone the Snaith-Hamilton Pleasure Scale. Br J Psychiatry.Jul;167(1):99-103 ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ OVERVIEW ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 14 4-point Likert scale items (when scored the scale gets simplified into binary categories); self-report ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ DURATION ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ the default set-up of the script takes appr. 1.5 minutes to complete ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ DATA OUTPUT DICTIONARY ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The fields in the data files are: (1) Raw data file: 'shaps.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) 4 = strongly disagree, 3 = disagree, 2 = agree, 1 = strongly agree 'D' => questions with a slightly different scale 1 = "Definitely Agree", 2 = "Agree", 3 = "Disagree", 4 = "Strongly Disagree" 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: 'shaps_summary.iqdat' (Inquisit Lab: one data file per 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) shapsTotalScore: the total score based on all simplified question scores (Range: 0-14) strongly disagree/disagree => 1 point strongly agree/agree => 0 point (the lower the score the more pleasure experienced) q1: the simplified score for question 1 strongly disagree/disagree => 1 point strongly agree/agree => 0 point radioButtons.q1.response: question 1 raw response: 4 = strongly disagree, 3 = disagree, 2 = agree, 1 = strongly agree (same for the remaining questions) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ INSTRUCTIONS ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ see section Editable Parameters ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ EDITABLE CODE ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ check below for (relatively) easily editable parameters, stimuli, instructions etc. Keep in mind that you can use this script as a template and therefore always "mess" with the entire code to further customize your experiment. The parameters you can change are: /pageInstructions: the instructions that appear at the top of each surveyPage