Dataset and inferential analyses output for DClinPsy research report - Peer Victimisation, Rejection Sensitivity and Intolerance of Uncertainty: Testing a Predictive Model of Paranoid Thinking Amongst UK-Dwelling Adolescents

The sample each output pertains to is indicated in the file names above. Please see the full research report for further details. Abbreviations included within the attached dataset and outputs are explained below:</p><p dir="ltr">-PICS = Perceived Inequalities in Childhood Scale</p><p dir="ltr">-PHQ-9 = Patient Health Questionnaire - 9-item (NB: Where 'Recoded based on new scoring' is seen in the dataset and outputs, this relates to the PHQ-9 scores; initially, these were incorrectly scored, but the correct scoring was used in all analyses)</p><p dir="ltr">-BCSS = Brief Core Schemas Scale (PS = positive self; NS = negative self; PO = positive other; NO = negative other)</p><p dir="ltr">-MPVS-R = Multidimensional Peer Victimisation Scale-Revised</p><p dir="ltr">-RS = Rejection sensitivity. ‘RS proxy’ refers to a proxy measure of rejection sensitivity used in addition to the O2S3 below, based on participants’ interpretations of vignettes, whereby the protagonist’s behaviour could be interpreted as benign/positive or motivated by aggression/intent/victimisation.

Higher scores represented greater levels of RS</p><p dir="ltr">-O2S3 = Online and Offline Social Sensitivity Scale</p><p dir="ltr">-IOU (IUSC-12) = Intolerance of uncertainty (Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale for Children - 12 items)</p><p dir="ltr">-R-GPTS = Revised Green et al. Paranoid Thoughts Scale</p><p dir="ltr">-LSAS-CA-SR = Liebowitz Scale for Children and Adolescents - Self-Report Version</p>