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 number of 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 click here to submit this information if you are the author of this scale.
Final Scale Items (final # not reported):
not reported in paper