Frankenstein Syndrome Questionnaire (FSQ)
This is the most up-to-date version of this scale.
Construct Summary
The authors define the construct of “Frankenstein Syndrome” as follows:
“the act of creation, particularly innovative creation is seen as a taboo in Western cultures. In these cultures, the use of novel technologies is often seen as potentially problematic in itself, while other cultures, such as that of Japan, may have a more pragmatic view, judging innovations on their own merits. This phenomenon could manifest as an underlying factor in attitudes towards humanoid robots in a much greater extent in Western cultures than one would see in a Japanese population” (p. 3)
Rating = 77%
| Check? | Guideline Item |
|---|---|
| ✓ | Is the construct defined? |
| ✓ | Does the final version of the items capture the construct as it has been defined by the authors? |
| ✓ | Is the item generation process discussed (e.g., literature review, Delphi method, crowd-sourcing)? |
| ✓ | Person to items 10:1 for the initial set of items? |
| ✓ | Did they perform an EFA, PCA, Rasch, or similar test to determine the item to factor relationship? |
| ✓ | Did they describe how they determined number of factors? |
| ✓ | Did they report the full initial set of items? |
| ✓ | Did they provide loadings (EFA) or item fits (Rasch) of all items? |
| ✖ | Is there a description of the item removal process (e.g., using infit/outfit, factor loading minimum value, or cross-loading values)? |
| ✓ | Did they list the final items included in the scale? |
| ✖ | Did they include a factor structure test (e.g., second EFA, CFA, DIF, test for unidimensionality when using Rasch, or similar)? |
| ✓ | Was a measure of reliability (e.g., Cronbach’s alpha, McDonalds Omega_h or Omega_t, Tarkkonen’s Rho) reported? |
| ✖ | Was a test of validity (e.g., predictive, concurrent, convergent, discriminant) reported? |
Comments
A validation study was later conducted (Nomura et al., 2015), and suggested a different factor structure and number of items
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PAPER
Syrdal, D. S., Nomura, T., & Dautenhahn, K. (2013, October). The Frankenstein Syndrome Questionnaire–Results from a quantitative cross-cultural survey. In International conference on social robotics (pp. 270-279). Cham: Springer International Publishing.
PDF of scale as well as instructions for administration and scoring are not readily available. Check the paper for more details or email hriscaledatabase@gmail.com to submit this information if you are the author of this scale.
Final Scale Items (final # not reported):
not reported in paper