STUDYMANUAL

Theinfluenceofanxietyoninterpersonalperceptionsandbehaviours

ResearchPracticumClinicalPsychologyTrack

Forurgentquestionsduringthedatacollectionphase,feelfreetocontactthetrackcoordinator:
Dr.MarijeaanhetRotm.aan.het.rot@rug.nl050.363.6630

Thisdocumentcontainsallnecessarydetailsaboutthedatacollectionphase,intermsof
preparationsandintermsofprocedures.

Recruitment,consent,codingofparticipants

1.Whoarewelookingfor?

Twoparticipantsperstudentresearcher
Male:femaleratio1:1
Age1840years
Studentsofallfaculties
PreferablynativespeakersofEnglish/Dutch

2.Howwillyouhelpgetthedesiredsample?

Recruitandtest1maleand1femalestudenteach
ApproachnotonlyBachelorstudents(fromyouryear)butalsoMasterstudents,PhDstudents
andHanzehogeschoolstudents
Considerhousemates,gympartners,etcetera
TherewillbeaNativeLanguagequestiononthedemographicsquestionnaire,buttrytorecruit
nativespeakersofEnglish/Dutch,andavoidrecruitingstudentswhoseunderstandingof
English/DutchisworsethanyourunderstandingofEnglish/Dutch

3.Howwillyourecruityourparticipants?

Askpeopleiftheyareinterestedinparticipating
Statethatthereasonforthestudyisthatyouareintheresearchpracticum
Explainthatthestudyisabouthowpeoplerecognizeandrespondtoemotions
Explainthatparticipantswillbeaskedtocompletequestionnairesand2computertests
Beexplicitabouttheduration(about1hour)
Donotmentionthatthestudyisaboutanxiety!

4.Howwillyouscheduleatimeanddateforeachparticipant?

MakeareservationforHeymanswingroomHv.0403viathedoodle(linkonNestor)
Thereisroomfor5participantsatanygiventimeslot
Youshouldnotscheduleyourindividualparticipantsatthesametimeslot!
Ifyouworkalone,enteryourSnumberonthedoodletwice,onceforeachparticipant
Ifyouchoosetoworkinpairs,enterbothofyourSnumbersonthedoodle4times,oncefor
eachofthe4participantsyouwilltesttogether(butnotatthesametime!)
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Ifyouworkinpairs,thenonepersonisthestudentresearcherandtheotherone
observes/assists;switchrolesaftereachparticipant

5.Howwillyougetparticipantstothelab?

Providebuildingaddressandname,floornumber,roomnumber,andexplaintheroute
Shareaphonenumberwhereyoumaybereached
Arrivewellbeforeyourparticipants,soyouarepreparedwhentheyarrive!(Ifyourtimeslot
startsat9am,youmightaskthemtoshowupat9.15orwaitoutside)
Ifparticipantsdonotknowthebuilding,youcouldalsomeetthemneartheentrance
Preparebystartingthecomputerifitisntalreadyon(see9belowforlogininformation)
ObtaintherequirednumberofcopiesoftheStudyInformationSheet+ConsentForm,Verbal
Instructions,andDebriefingNote,fromthetablelocatedrightoutsidethelab(allavailablein
bothEnglishandDutch)

6.Howwillyoucompletetheinformedconsentprocedure?

StudyInformationSheets,withattachedConsentForms,areonthetableoutsidethelab
Afterarrivingatoneofthemarkedcomputersinthelab,givetheStudyInformationSheetto
readandexplaintheimportanceofreadingthoroughly
Trynottodisturbyourparticipantduringthereading
Gothroughthemainpointsverballyafterreadinghasfinishedandcheckcomprehension
Afterreceivingverbalconsent,asktosignbothcopiesofthe(written)ConsentForm
You,thestudentresearcher,signbothcopiesunderWitness
ParticipanttakesStudyInformationSheetandfirstcopyoftheConsentFormhome(!)
PutthesecondcopyoftheConsentForminthebinmarkedResearchPracticumDocuments,
nearthelabentrance
Makesuretheparticipantsphoneisoff/silent(sameforyourphoneofcourse)

7.HowwillyouconstructIDnumbersforeachparticipant(coding)?

Takelastthreedigitsofyourstudentnumber,e.g.406
Add1forfirstparticipantor2forsecondparticipant,e.g.1
Combinebothnumbersintoa4digitIDnumber,e.g.4061
UsethisIDnumberforthequestionnairesandforthetwocomputertasks
(Thechanceissmallthatthiswilloccur,butifyouhappentonoticethatthenumberwasused
before,continuewith3and4asthefinaldigits)

Administeringthequestionnaires

8.Howwillyouadministerthequestionnaires?

QuestionnaireBookletsareonthetableoutsidethelab
MarktheQuestionnaireBookletwiththeIDnumber(see7above)
GothroughtheBookletquestionnairebyquestionnaire,pointoutinstructionsforeachoneby
highlightingwithacolouredmarker,andverballyinstructtheparticipanttoreadallinstructions
Trynottodisturbyourparticipantwhens/heisgoingthroughtheQuestionnaireBooklet
Aftertheparticipanthasfinished,checkthats/hehasansweredallquestions
Pointoutanymissingitemsandremindparticipantofinstructionsforthoseitems
Iftherearenomissingitems,moveontothecomputertasks
Aftertheparticipanthasfinishedthestudy,processthequestionnairedata(see14below)
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Administeringthecomputertasks

9.Howwillyoulogintothecomputers?

Startcomputerifitisntalreadyon
Ifneedbe,loginisf112388,passwordis3xpPracticum(alsoseewhiteboard)
Donotuseyourstudentaccounttologin!
Onthedesignatedcomputers,donotuseanyUSBsticks,accesstheinternet,etcetera
LocatethedesktopshortcutsRECTASKandRESPTASK;theselinktothecomputertasks

10.Howwillyoudeterminetheorderofthecomputertasks?

Ilikedthecointossidea,offeredbyoneofyou,morethanmyoriginalidea,sohereitis:
Tossacoinforyourfirstparticipant
Headsup=recognitiontaskfirst,tailsup=responsetaskfirst
Reversetheorderforyoursecondparticipant
Foreachparticipant,notetheorderonthefirstpageoftheQuestionnaireBooklet

11.Howwillyouadministertherecognitiontask?

MakesureyouhavetheVerbalInstructions(availableonthetableoutsideofthelab)
Makesuretheparticipanthasproperrighthandaccesstothemouse
Asktheparticipanttositstraightinfrontofthescreen
Closethewindowblindsiftheyareopen
ClickonthedesktopshortcutnamedRECTASK
ClickonthefilenamedRECTASK.exe(blue/greypictogram)
CheckallsettingsaslistedinTABLE1below;adjustwherenecessaryVERYIMPORTANT!!
TABLE1
Settings
SubjectName
IDnumber(see7above)
OutputDirectory
D:\RECTASK\RECDATA\
FixationDuration
300
StimulusDuration
500
InterstimulusDuration
1250
TaskVersion
Type1
Skipthecontroltest
Leaveunchecked
Advancedsettings:EmotionLabels(firsttab)
Neutral
Neutral
Happy
Happy
Sad
Sad
Angry
Angry
Surprise
Surprised(sonotSurprise,i.e.adddifneedbe)
Fear
Fearful(sonotFear,i.e.addfulifneedbe)
Disgust
Disgusted(sonotDisgust,addedifneedbe)
Advancedsettings:Miscellaneous(lasttab)
NumberofIntermissions
3
ImageDirectory
D:\RECTASK\IMAGES\
ControlTasks
6

UnderAdvancedsettings,youcanleavetheTask1instructions/Task2instructionsasis
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Beforethetask,readtheVerbalInstructionsforthistasktotheparticipant
Duetosoftwareproblems,DutchparticipantswillneedtocompletethetaskinEnglishexplain
thisandpointoutthesheetwiththetranslatedemotionwordsthatisavailableineachcubicle
Duringthetask,observetheparticipantandmakenotesofunexpectedevents(thereisroomfor
thisonthefirstpageoftheQuestionnairebooklet,underRemarks)
Trynottodisturbyourparticipantduringthetask

12.Howwillyouadministertheresponsetask?

MakesureyouhavetheVerbalInstructions,includingtheexample(availableoutsidethelab)
Makesuretheparticipanthasproperrighthandaccesstothemouse
Asktheparticipanttositstraightinfrontofthescreen
Closethewindowblindsiftheyareopen
GotothedesktopshortcutlabelledRESPTASK
ClickontheshortcutfilenamedERUN(purple/pinkpictogram)
TheExperimentNameshouldlistRESPTASK;ifitdoesnotthenbrowse(usingthefoldericonon
theright)toComputer>D:>RESPTASK>RESPTASK.ebs2>Open
ClickRun
ForParticipantNumber,entertheIDnumber(see7above)
ClickContinueinthenextscreen
NowreadtheVerbalInstructionsforthistasktotheparticipantandpracticeonpaper
Thencontinueonscreenbypickingthelanguage(EnglishorDutch)
Lettheparticipantreadtheonscreeninstructionsandstartthetask
Duringtheinitialpracticetrials,ifneedbe,youmayhelptheparticipantbypointingoutthe
horizontalandverticaldimensionsagainandremindthemoftheverbalinstructions
Duringthetask,observetheparticipantandmakenotesofunexpectedevents(thereisroomfor
thisonthefirstpageoftheQuestionnaireBooklet,underRemarks)
Trynottodisturbyourparticipantduringthetask

Debriefing

13.Howwillyouendthestudy?

Thankyourparticipant!
ProvideparticipantwiththeDebriefingNote(onthetableinfrontofthelab)
Giveparticipanttheopportunitytoreadandaskquestions
AskifanythingcouldbeimprovedandnotedowninQuestionnaireBooklet
MakesureeveryparticipantgoeshomewiththeStudyInformationSheet,his/hercopyofthe
ConsentForm,andtheDebriefingNote(!)
RetainyourcopyoftheConsentForm,theparticipantsQuestionnaireBooklet(markedwiththe
participantsIDnumber),andtheVerbalInstructions(!)
Befores/heleaves,thankyourparticipantagain!

Dataprocessing

14.Howtoprocessthequestionnairedata?

ClickonthedesktopshortcutnamedQUESTIONNAIREDATA
ClickonthefileQDATA
Usethenextavailablerowforeachparticipant
Copyallquestionnairedataforthisparticipantintotheappropriatecolumns
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Tofindouthowtodothecoding,gofromDataViewtoVariableView(seebottomofscreen)
PutthecompletedandprocessedQuestionnaireBookletsinthebinmarkedResearchPracticum
Documents(nearthelabentrance)

15.Howtoprocessthecomputertaskdata?

Fortherecognitiontask,simplycheckifthefilesareintheRECDATAsubfolder(youdonotneed
todoanythingelse)
Fortheresponsetask,intheRESPTASKfolder,movethedatafilesintotheRESPDATAsubfolder
(youcanrecognizethefilesbytheIDNumberembeddedinthefilenames,thereshouldbe2or3
filesperparticipant,endingin.edat2,.txt,andpossibly.xml)

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16.Whatelseshouldyouthinkof?

CheckouttheFrequentlyAskedQuestions(FAQ)onpage6(ontheback)ifyouruninto
problems
Rereadthisdocumentdidyouforgetanything?
Cleanupthecomputerareabeforeyouleave
Preferably,donotturnoffthecomputerorlogout
Ifanythingwasunclear,informyourtrackcoordinatoraboutthisfornextyear!

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FAQ

LOGISTICS

Q
Whenwillthedatacollectionbeginandend?
A
YoucancollectdatafromMonday,March7,untilFriday,March18.

Q
Whereisthelablocated?
A
AttheHeymansbuilding,GroteKruisstraat2/1,9712TS,roomHv.0403(4thfloor,wing).

Q
WherecanIgettheInformationSheet+ConsentForm,QuestionnaireBooklets,andDebriefingNote?
A
Theyshouldbeavailableonthetablerightoutsidethelab.Sendthetrackcoordinatoranemailifyou
seetheyare(almost)finished.

Q
DoIneedakeytothelab?
A
ThelabshouldbeopenMondayThursday8am9.30pm(821.30h)andFriday8am4.30pm(816.30h).
Ifitisnot(yet)open,getthekeyfromtheporteratthebuildingentrance.

Q
WhatiftheportersaysIcannotusetheroom?
A
JustsaytheroomisinusefortheResearchPracticum/thestudybyDr.MarijeaanhetRot.

DURINGTHESTUDY:QUESTIONNAIRES

Q
WhatifIforgottocheckwhetherparticipantscompletedallquestionnaireitemsandrealizedlateron
thatsomeitemsweremissed?
A
MakearemarkonthefrontpageoftheQuestionnaireBooklet.OnlyforQ1youcanasktheparticipant
afterthecomputertasksforQ2Q4,donotdothis!

DURINGTHESTUDY:COMPUTERTASKS

Q
Whatiftheparticipantsormyphonerings/beeps/honks/etcduringthecomputertasks?
A
MakeanoteunderRemarksonthefirstpageoftheQuestionnaireBooklet.

Q
WhatifIenterthewrongIDnumberwhenstartingtheRECTASK?
A
Justcontinuethetask.Whentheparticipanthascompletedthestudyandleft,youcanlocatethetwo
datafilesforthisparticipantunderRECDATA(checkthedateandtime)andrenamethemto
IDNumber.qpwandIDNumberControl.qpw(e.g.,4061.qpwand4061Control.qpw).

Q
WhatifIenterthewrongIDnumberwhenstartingtheRESPTASK?
A
Ifyoufindoutrightaway,clickNointhenextscreenandyouwillreturntothepreviousscreenand
canthenreenterthenumber.IfyoufindoutattheLanguagescreenorbeyond,butbeforethe
participanthasstartedthepracticetrials,pressESConthekeyboardandstartover.Ifyoufindout
aftertheparticipanthasstartedthepracticetrials,locatetheEDataAidfileforthisparticipant(check
dateandtimetomakesureitistherightfile)andrenamethefiletoRESPTASKIDNumber1(e.g.,
RESPTASK40611).Dothisaftertheparticipanthascompletedthestudyandleft.

Q
WhatifIgetanerrormessageduringeithertaskorthetaskstopsworking?
A
Iftheparticipanthadonlycompletedthepracticetrials,simplyrestartthetask.Iftheparticipanthad
startedtherealtask,makearemarkonthefrontpageoftheQuestionnaireBookletandsimplemove
ontothenexttask.Donotrepeatthetask.

DURINGTHEDEBRIEFING

Q
MyparticipantasksforSONAcredits/money/someotherreward.WhatshouldIdo?
A
Participationinthisstudyiscompletelyvoluntary.Noformofrewardisprovidedbytheprincipal
investigator.Youcanprovidearewardifyouwantto,butpreferablynot.Sincenotallofyourfellow
studentresearcherswillprovideareward,youwouldcreatedifferencesamongparticipants
dependingonwhotheirstudentresearcherwas.