READ ME File For 'Dataset supporting the thesis: Exploring the impact of psychological trauma: associations between childhood trauma, PTSD, pain management and neuroticism'

Dataset DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/D3648

Date that the file was created: August, 2025

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GENERAL INFORMATION
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ReadMe Author: Norma Rosenek, University of Southampton, ORCID ID: orcid.org/0000-0002-1418-1274

This dataset supports the thesis entitled "Exploring the Impact of Psychological Trauma: Associations Between Childhood Trauma, PTSD, Pain Management Strategies, and Neuroticism in Adulthood"
AWARDED BY: University of Southampton
DATE OF AWARD: 2025

DESCRIPTION OF THE DATA
This dataset includes information that was collected via Qualtrics. The data was entered into SPSS (.sav) and requires SPSS to view. Data includes demographic data (age, sex), and questionnaire data including Coping Strategies-Revised (CSQ-R), Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CSQ-SF), PTSD Checklist for DSM (PCL-5), Dissociative Experiences Scale (DES-II), Revised Green Paranoid Thoughts Scale (RGPTS), Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale (IUS). Each sub scale recorded will have a distinct description within the label column within the SPSS file for specific details and descriptions. 

This dataset contains:

Coded variables include
EA_CAT: emotional abuse (taken from CTQ-SF) and categorised into Present/not present
PA_CAT: physical abuse (taken from CTQ-SF) and categorised into Present/not present
SA_CAT: sexual abuse (taken from CTQ-SF) and categorised into Present/not present
EN_CAT: emotional neglect (taken from CTQ-SF) and categorised into Present/not present
PN_CAT: physical neglect (taken from CTQ-SF) and categorised into Present/not present
Sig_CTQ: does the overall CTQ-SF score exceed 50 or higher, indicating significant presence of childhood trauma
PTSD_only: Participants scores indicated PTSD, but not childhood trauma
CTQ_PTSD: Participants scores indicated both PTSD and childhood trauma
No_CTQ_PTSD: Participants scores indicated neither PTSD and childhood trauma 



Date of data collection: August 2024 - November 2024

Information about geographic location of data collection: international

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SHARING/ACCESS INFORMATION
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Licence:
CC-BY

Recommended citation for the data:
Rosenek, N. R. (2025), 'Dataset supporting the thesis: Exploring the impact of psychological trauma: associations between childhood trauma, PTSD, pain management and neuroticism', University of Southampton, https://doi.org/10.5258/SOTON/D3648


This dataset supports the thesis:
Rosenek (2025) "Exploring the Impact of Psychological Trauma: Associations Between Childhood Trauma, PTSD, Pain Management Strategies, and Neuroticism in Adulthood", University of Southampton, School of Psychology, Doctoral Thesis, 141pp.