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Table 2 Characteristics of the RFQ items and scales

From: Gain +1 or Avoid −1: Validation of the German Regulatory Focus Questionnaire (RFQ)

Item/Scale

M(SD)

γ1

γ2

P

r it

RFQ 1a

3.81 (1.02)

−.54

−.36

.76

.40

RFQ 2b

3.02 (1.16)

.08

−.74

.60

.65

RFQ 3a

3.51 (1.00)

−.46

−.24

.70

.24

RFQ 4b

3.19 (1.18)

−.19

−.84

.64

.54

RFQ 5b

3.78 (0.88)

−.68

.26

.76

.51

RFQ 6b

3.60 (1.14)

−.47

−.61

.72

.55

RFQ 7a

3.65 (0.81)

−.56

.48

.73

.41

RFQ 8b

3.52 (1.08)

−.39

−.57

.70

.50

RFQ 9a

3.33 (1.11)

−.36

−.64

.67

.33

RFQ 10a

4.00 (0.89)

−.87

.85

.80

.38

RFQ 11a

3.75 (1.20)

−.70

−.50

.75

.34

RFQ Promotionc

3.71 (0.63)

−.41

.02

  

RFQ Prevention

3.42 (0.79)

−.34

−.27

  
  1. a = promotion item; b = prevention item; γ1 = skewness; γ2 = kurtosis; P = difficulty index; r it , = corrected item-total correlation. c Values reported for the promotion scale excluding Item 3