Experimental Psychopathology - Science topic

Hello,

we are planning to run an experiment involving aversive stimuli, some of which may be phobic to some. Therefore, I am looking for a screening self-report tool in the English language that can be digitally implemented, and ideally, is freely available. Ideally, the measure would be relatively simple, include the most common objects/situations, and ask as few questions as possible, as concisely as possible.

Our research question itself is unrelated to phobias - we are not looking to reliably identify people with phobias. Rather, the goal is to exclude potentially at-risk people from our participant pool, meaning false alarms are less of a problem than misses.

Can someone give me a recommendation? WSQ questions 6+7 ( ) look rather intuitive, and appear to have at least okay-ish sensitivity, but as I am not an expert on the topic, I thought I'd ask for advice first.

Thanks in advance!

We are trying to manipulate undergraduate students' emotions towards a task using either controlling or autonomy-supportive instructions, delivered using appropriate video clips. We intend to measure physiological arousal through EEG. for emotions experienced during autonomy supportive and controlling situations.

In fact, I want to know how much correlation there is between the two sets of traits. Thanks for your guidance beforehand.

I was wondering whether you might share your experience with skin preparation for facial EMG (measurement of facial expression of emotions). My biggest concerns are: (1) is it necessary to abrade the skin, and (2) how do you practically handle bearded participants? Do you shave them or ask them to shave before the experiment, e.g. during recruitment? I would also appreciate any other tips that will help us run our first facial EMG experiment.