READ ME File For: “Financial Threat and Help-Seeking Intentions: An Analysis of Mental Wellbeing and Attachment Style Over Time”

Dataset DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/D3496

ReadMe Author: STELLA PAREAS, University of Southampton ORCID ID 0009-0006-3888-4106

This dataset supports the thesis entitled: “An Investigation of the Psychological Impact of Actual and Perceived Financial Hardship on PTSD and Help-Seeking”
AWARDED BY: University of Southampton
DATE OF AWARD: 2025

DESCRIPTION OF THE DATA
The files and anonymous data includes:
1). “Demographic_Data_TP1” – this is the demographic information for all 236 participants who took part in timepoint 1 (TP1) used in the analysis of this thesis.
2). “Comparative_TP1_SCALES_ForMANOVA” – in this file are the responses for all items (reverse coded for those applicable) and the total scores (and subscales as applicable) for all four questionnaires (FTS, ECR-S, ReQol-10, GHSQ) in timepoint 1 (TP1) only for all 236 participants. This also includes a column that identifies participants as a completer/non-completer, indicating whether they completed timepoint only, or both timepoints 1 and 2.
3). “SCALES_for_Correlations&ModMed” - the responses for all items (reverse coded for those applicable) and the total scores (and subscales as applicable) for all four questionnaires in timepoint 1 (TP1) and for the GHSQ and ReQol-10 for timepoint 2 (TP2) for participants who completed both timepoints 1 and 2 (148 participants).
4). Online Participant Information Sheet and Consent Form

SPSS is required to view the data files.

These datasets contains:
The raw data collected and used for the analysis for the above empirical investigation as related to demographic information, financial threat, attachment avoidance and anxiety, mental wellbeing and help-seeking intentions.

Date of data collection: August 2023 to April 2024

Information about geographic location of data collection: Online survey on social media platforms that was accessible globally

Licence:
CC BY

Related projects/Funders:
None

Related publication:
The two chapters of this thesis are aimed to be submitted for publication.

Date that the file was created: May, 2025