READ ME File For Dataset in support of the University of Southampton Doctoral Thesis 'Financial hardship and mental health: 
A review of this relationship during the COVID-19 pandemic and an exploration of the roles of compassion, self-criticism and self-reassurance'

Dataset DOI:  10.5258/SOTON/D2964

ReadMe Author: Samantha Ashworth, University of Southampton ORCID ID 0000-0002-7416-7087 

This dataset supports the thesis entitled 'Financial Hardship and Mental Health: 
A review of this relationship during the COVID-19 pandemic and an exploration of the roles of compassion, self-criticism and self-reassurance' 
AWARDED BY: Univeristy of Southampton
DATE OF AWARD: 2024

DESCRIPTION OF THE DATA
This data was collected using online questionnaires, using Qualtrics, at two timepoints (three montsh apart). These questionnaires included both standardised and validated measures,
and items created by the researchers. These measures looked at aspects of mental health, financial hardship and compassion. Demographic information was collected. 
IBM SPSS STatistics Data Editor is required to view the data. 

This dataset contains:

Copy of the online and paper consent forms. 
The full combined dataset from both timepoints. 
Time 1 dataset. 
Time 2 dataset. 

Date of data collection: 06/10/2022 - 15/03/2023

Information about geographic location of data collection: 

Licence: CC BY

Related projects/Funders: NONE

Related publication: NONE

Date that the file was created: February 2024