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1. Please select your gender
2. Please enter your age
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3. How would you describe your nationality?
4. How would you describe your ethnicity?
A - 1. I spent time thinking about friends gossiping about me.
A- 2. I often heard people referring to me.
A- 3. I have been upset by friends and colleagues judging me critically.
A- 4. People definitely laughed at me behind my back.
A - 5. I have been thinking a lot about people avoiding me
A- 6. People have been dropping hints for me.
A- 7. I believed that certain people were not what they seemed.
A- 8. People talking about me behind my back upset me.
B - 1. Certain individuals have had it in for me.
B - 2. People wanted me to feel threatened, so they stared at me.
B - 3. I was certain people did things in order to annoy me.
B - 4. I was convinced there was a conspiracy against me.
B - 5. I was sure someone wanted to hurt me.
B - 6. I couldn't stop thinking about people wanting to confuse me.
B - 7. I was distressed by being persecuted.
B - 8. It was difficult to stop thinking about people wanting to make me feel bad.
B - 9. People have been hostile towards me on purpose.
B - 10. I was angry that someone wanted to hurt me.
1. I prefer not to let other people know my ‘true’ thoughts and feelings.
2. I find close relationships overwhelming.
3. I find it easy to depend on other people for support with problems or difficult situations.
4. I feel frightened in close relationships.
5. I tend to get upset, anxious or angry if other people are not there when I need them.
6. I usually discuss my problems and concerns with other people.
7. When I’m stressed, I want to contact close others but I am frightened of their response.
8. I worry that key people in my life won’t be around in the future.
9. I find people I am in close relationships with to be unpredictable in their actions and behaviours.
10. I ask other people to reassure me that they care about me.
11. I often get hurt in close relationships.
12. If other people disapprove of something I do, I get very upset.
13. I find it difficult to accept help from other people when I have problems or difficulties.
14. When I try to get close to someone sometimes, I shut down and find it difficult to think or move.
15. It helps to turn to other people when I’m stressed.
16. I worry that if other people get to know me better, they won’t like me.
17. Sometimes I am confused by my feelings towards others.
18. I worry a lot about my relationships with other people.
19. I want close relationships, but being close makes me feel frightened.
20. I often freeze when I try to get close to someone.
21. I try to cope with stressful situations on my own.
22. I worry that if I displease other people, they won’t want to know me anymore.
23. I want to be close to others but I often find myself pulling away when I am.
24. I worry about having to cope with problems and difficult situations on my own.
25. I feel uncomfortable when other people want to get to know me better.
26. When I form close relationships, I lose sense of who I am.
1. I feel comfortable depending on others.
2. I worry that others won't care about me as much as I care about them.
3. I usually discuss my problems and concerns with close others.
4. I worry a fair amount about losing my close relationship partners.
5. I tell my close relationship partners just about everything.
6. I worry a lot about my relationships.
7. I don't mind asking close others for comfort, advice, or help.
8. I worry about being alone.
9. I don't feel comfortable opening up to others.
10. I need a lot reassurance that close relationship partners really care about me.
11. I feel comfortable sharing my private thoughts and feelings with others.
12. If I can't get a relationship partner to show interest in me, I get upset or angry.
1. I hear one or more voices in my head – speaking my thoughts aloud, talking to each other, or saying other things.
2. I hear things that other people cannot hear.
3. I see things, such as shadows or shapes, when nothing is there.
4. I can see things that other people cannot see.
1. Make contact with someone_T
2. Talk to somebody_T
3. Ask for help_T
1. Accept emotional support_T
2. Accept practical help_T
3. Accept advice about current problems_T
4. Accept help to make decisions_T
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1. I need to be on my guard against others.
2. People are trying to make me upset.
3. Strangers and friends look at me critically.
4. People are laughing at me.
5. My actions and thoughts might be controlled by others.
1. Make contact with someone_S
2. Talk to somebody_S
3. Ask for help_S
1. Accept emotional support_S
2. Accept practical help_S
3. Accept advice about current problems_S
4. Accept help to make decisions_S
Attachment condition
Timing - First Click
Timing - Last Click
Timing - Page Submit
Timing - Click Count
1. I need to be on my guard against others. T2
2. People are trying to make me upset. T2
3. Strangers and friends look at me critically. T2
4. People are laughing at me. T2
5. My actions and thoughts might be controlled by others. T2
1. Make contact with someone_S T2
2. Talk to somebody_S T2
3. Ask for help_S T2
1. Accept emotional support_S T2
2. Accept practical help_S T2
3. Accept advice about current problems_S T2
4. Accept help to make decisions_S T2
1. Comforted
2. Secure
3. Supported
4. Safe
5. Loved
6. Protected
How much time % was the image held in your mind?
Was the image extremely vivid? 1_to_10
Were there any unexpected interruptions during the study today?
Please describe the nature of the interruption (e.g., noise)
Reference Subscale Paranoia Trait
Reference R-GPTS score ranges and clinical cut-offs
Persecution Subscale Paranoia Trait
Presecution R-GPTS score ranges and clinical cut-offs
Recoded ECR_1
Recoded ECR_3
Recoded ECR_5
Recoded ECR_7
Recoded ECR_11
ECR Anxiety subscale
ECR Avoidance subscale
reverse q3 - PAM-R
reverse q6 PAM_R
reverse q15 PAM_R
Avoidance subscale PAM-R
Anxiety subscale PAM-R
Disorganised subscale PAM-R
Trait hallucinations scale
Mean of Help-seeking measure TRAIT
Mean of Help-acceptance measure TRAIT
Sum of Time1 state paranoia
Mean of Time 1 Help acceptance measure
Mean of Time 1 Help seeking measure
Sum of Time 2 state paranoia
Mean of Time 2 Help seeking measure
Mean of Time 2 Help acceptance measure
Mean of Felt security scale
Studentized Residual for S_HAM_T1_mean
Studentized Residual for S_HAM_Time2_mean
Studentized Residual for S_paranoiaT1_sum
Studentized Residual for S_paranoiaT2_sum
Studentized Residual for S_HSM_T1_mean