Participants had to rate on a scale from 1 to 10 how much these statements are true with respect to themselves, based on their own experiences (1 – not at all; 10 – very much).
The DASS-21 is a brief 21-item measure that requires adults to report how much the statements apply to them from 0 (not at all) to 3 (very much).
When completing the STAI-Trait (STAI-T), participants are asked to indicate how much each statement within a list of statements applies to them in general (almost never; sometimes; often; or almost always).
Participants were asked to read each statement carefully and to indicate how much each statement applied to them over the past week.
And the more time I spend running a business, the more I start to understand exactly how much that statement applies here too.
Participants rated how much each statement applied to them during the assault until help arrived, each on a scale from 0 (not at all) to 4 (very strongly).
A five point Likert response scale (0 to 4) was used to measure how much each statement described the respondents' feelings (not at all, slightly, moderately, quite a bit, and extremely or a great deal).
In contrast, the DAQ offers short statements containing negative attributions (e.g., "When something I do goes wrong, I think it is because I am incapable") and requires participants to answer on a 0 4 scale how much each statement applies to them.
After describing the terrorists, we asked how much participants endorsed statements portraying them as subhuman, how acceptable waterboarding them would be, and how much voltage of electric shock they would be willing to administer to them.
Finally, eating due to negative emotions was measured by how much respondents endorsed statements such as "I eat more than usual when I feel dejected/depressed" or "I eat more than usual when I am annoyed about something".
