Description
This pilot study investigated how maladaptive personality traits may affect emotional and physiological responses to stress, and how maladaptive personality traits relate to alexithymia. We collected survey data online, physiological and emotional data in the GO-Lab. The aim was to examine how differences in levels of Detachment and Negative Affect account for individual differences in perceived stress and alexithymia, and how these traits relate to emotional and physiological responses to social evaluative stress.
Method
In total, 661 undergraduate students of the Dutch and International Psychology undergraduate program of Tilburg University participated in the study for course credits and were enrolled through the research participation system SONA. Eligibility for participation was based on the high and low scores of the Detachment and Negative Affect traits as assessed by the short form of the Personality Inventory for DSM-V. All eligible 434 participants were approached for participation in the laboratory study, of which 87 eventually signed up.
Demographics, personality traits, perceived stress, and alexithymia were assessed via Surveys through www.qualtrics.com
Participants performed a stress test (Trier social stress test) in the GO-lab, while we measured ECG and EDA, and participants filled out a survey on how they felt during the stress test.
Universe
University undergraduate students (Mage = 19.97, SD =2.49; 86.9% female)
Country / Nation
The Netherlands
Data files
Raw Data File_PSR_Total = A CSV file with the raw anonymized data of the study. Including all the questionnaire data (PSS, TAS20, and PID-5) and demographic information. Also, it contains the averaged physiological data of the participants that participated in the GO-Lab study. If items needed to be reversed, this has already been done and indicated with an _R at the end of the variable name.
Supplemental material
Checklist Lifestyle Rules = Checklist we used to ensure participants obeyed the lifestyle rules before participation.
Debriefing = The debriefing form that we gave the participants after participation to sign.
GO-Lab Protocol PSR_22082022 = The protocol for the GO-Lab study, with contact details removed.
Information Letter = The information letter for the participants
Informed Consent Form_Part 1&Part2 = The informed consent forms for each of the two parts of the study.
Lab questionnaire = Emotion reactivity questionnaire booklet
Participants PSR= Logbook of participants in the GO-Lab with information about testleaders removed.
Personality_and_Stress_Regulation_Qualtrics = Questionnaire booklet from Qualtrics
Protocol AcqKnowledge PSR_Students_2022 = Protocol for the processing of physiological data.
Structure data package
The datafile includes the raw collected data, and the supplemental materials are about how the data was collected.
Method
In total, 661 undergraduate students of the Dutch and International Psychology undergraduate program of Tilburg University participated in the study for course credits and were enrolled through the research participation system SONA. Eligibility for participation was based on the high and low scores of the Detachment and Negative Affect traits as assessed by the short form of the Personality Inventory for DSM-V. All eligible 434 participants were approached for participation in the laboratory study, of which 87 eventually signed up.
Demographics, personality traits, perceived stress, and alexithymia were assessed via Surveys through www.qualtrics.com
Participants performed a stress test (Trier social stress test) in the GO-lab, while we measured ECG and EDA, and participants filled out a survey on how they felt during the stress test.
Universe
University undergraduate students (Mage = 19.97, SD =2.49; 86.9% female)
Country / Nation
The Netherlands
Data files
Raw Data File_PSR_Total = A CSV file with the raw anonymized data of the study. Including all the questionnaire data (PSS, TAS20, and PID-5) and demographic information. Also, it contains the averaged physiological data of the participants that participated in the GO-Lab study. If items needed to be reversed, this has already been done and indicated with an _R at the end of the variable name.
Supplemental material
Checklist Lifestyle Rules = Checklist we used to ensure participants obeyed the lifestyle rules before participation.
Debriefing = The debriefing form that we gave the participants after participation to sign.
GO-Lab Protocol PSR_22082022 = The protocol for the GO-Lab study, with contact details removed.
Information Letter = The information letter for the participants
Informed Consent Form_Part 1&Part2 = The informed consent forms for each of the two parts of the study.
Lab questionnaire = Emotion reactivity questionnaire booklet
Participants PSR= Logbook of participants in the GO-Lab with information about testleaders removed.
Personality_and_Stress_Regulation_Qualtrics = Questionnaire booklet from Qualtrics
Protocol AcqKnowledge PSR_Students_2022 = Protocol for the processing of physiological data.
Structure data package
The datafile includes the raw collected data, and the supplemental materials are about how the data was collected.
| Date made available | 22 Apr 2025 |
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| Publisher | DataverseNL |
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