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Dataset DOI: https://doi.org/10.5258/SOTON/D3675  

ReadMe Author: Rebekah Bell-Wadsworth, University of Southampton ORCID ID:0009-0009-2006-5091 

This dataset supports the thesis entitled: Emotions and distress in response to the climate crisis
AWARDED BY: University of Southampton
DATE OF AWARD: 2025 


Date of data collection: Mid-November 2024 - Janurary 2025 

Information about geographic location of data collection: 

Licence:
CC-BY

Related projects/Funders:
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DATA & FILE OVERVIEW
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This dataset contains:

'Thesis dataset_Emotions and distress in relation to the climate crisis.csv'



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METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION
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Description of methods used for collection/generation of data: It is a combination of datasets from social media (qualtrics) and prolific
Methods for processing the data: It is a combination of datasets from social media (qualtrics) and prolific

Software- or Instrument-specific information needed to interpret the data, including software and hardware version numbers:Excel spreadsheet

Standards and calibration information, if appropriate:N/A

Environmental/experimental conditions:N/A

Describe any quality-assurance procedures performed on the data: Suspected bots removed, those who failed the attention checks removed, one participant was removed for giving the same answer to every question, excessive missing data (i.e. only completed one relevant questionnaire) removed and not included in this dataset

People involved with sample collection, processing, analysis and/or submission: Rebekah Bell-Wadsworth, Nick Kelley


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DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION 
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Number of variables: 58

Number of cases/rows: 535/536

Variable list, defining any abbreviations, units of measure, codes or symbols used:

Source = recruitment method, 0 = social media, 1 = prolific 
Gender: 0 = male, 1 = female, 2 = non-binary (please note, for analysis only 0 and 1 were included due to low numbers in 2)
Ethnicity: 0 = White British, 1 = White European, 3 = Ethnic minority
Education (highest level): 1 = Primary school, 2 = secondary school, 3 = AS/A Level, 4 = NVQ, 5 = Degree, 6 = Masters, 7 = Post grad
Income = household income: 1 = £1-9,999, 2 = £10,000-24,999, 3 = £25,000-49,999, 4 = £50,000-74,999, 5 = £75,000-99,999, 6 = £100,000 or more 
SES_Index = socioeconomic index: Combination of a z score of income and z score of education
Parental Status: 0 = Not a parent, 1 = Yes - Parent, 2 = Yes - parent and grandparent (please note, for analysis yes - parent and yes - parent and grandparents were combined)
Emotion items (e.g. Anger): 1 = Not at all to 7 = an extreme amount 
Anger_average = Anger subscale of Discrete Emotions Questionnaire (DEQ; Harmon-Jones et al., 2016)
Anxiety_average = Anxiety subscale of DEQ
Fear_average = Fear subscale of DEQ
Sadness_average = Sadness subscale of DEQ
Unpleasant_Emotions_average = Average of all four subscales
Coping styles (e.g. MFQ1): 1 = Not at all true, 2 = Not very true, 3 = Fairly true, 4 = very true, 5 = completely true
Pro-envrionmental behaviours items (e.g. Organic): range from 0-30
Meat_R = Reversed item of Meat variable 
PEB_Average = Average of pro-envrionmental behaviours

Missing data codes: Cell left blank or '#DIV/0!'

Other abbreviations used:
MFQ1 = Meaning focused coping item 1
PFQ1 = Problem focused coping item 1 
EFQ1 = Emotion focused coping item 1 
and so forth 


Date that the file was created: September, 2025