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Tonic immobility in response to trauma: Prevalence and consequences > Wave 2 - Part 2
Longitudinal Wave
General Information
Title
Wave 2 - Part 2
Project Number
97.4
Abstract
In September 2012, a questionnaire on traumatic experiences was
administered to the LISS panel. This study consisted of several scales
measuring personality traits in relation to traumatisation. This is part
two of two questionnaires on traumatic experiences used during the project's second wave.
Longitudinal Type
Longitudinal Wave
Begin date
03-09-2012
End date
25-09-2012
Researcher
Hagenaars, M.A., Hagenaars, J.A.
Publisher
CentERdata
Copyright
© 2013 CentERdata
Funding Organization
CentERdata/MESS Project
DOI
https://doi.org/10.17026/dans-x84-b3bv
Datasets and documentation
View Documentation
Codebook in English
Codebook in Dutch
Data Files
English SPSS file
English STATA file
Variables
Variable name | Variable Label | Variable Type |
---|---|---|
nomem_encr | Number of household member encrypted | preloaded |
ft12b_m | Year and month of the field work period | constructed |
ft12b001 | Please indicate how you feel, generally speaking. - I feel good | directly measured |
ft12b002 | Please indicate how you feel, generally speaking. - I feel nervous and restless | directly measured |
ft12b003 | Please indicate how you feel, generally speaking. - I feel content | directly measured |
ft12b004 | Please indicate how you feel, generally speaking. - I find it very difficult to come to terms with a setback | directly measured |
ft12b005 | Please indicate how you feel, generally speaking. - I feel like a failure overall | directly measured |
ft12b006 | Please indicate how you feel, generally speaking. - I feel well rested | directly measured |
ft12b007 | Please indicate how you feel, generally speaking. - I feel calm and controlled | directly measured |
ft12b008 | Please indicate how you feel, generally speaking. - I can feel the troubles piling up to an extent that I can no longer cope | directly measured |
ft12b009 | Please indicate how you feel, generally speaking. - I worry too much about things that are not very important | directly measured |
ft12b010 | Please indicate how you feel, generally speaking. - I am happy | directly measured |
ft12b011 | Please indicate how you feel, generally speaking. - I am plagued by disruptive thoughts | directly measured |
ft12b012 | Please indicate how you feel, generally speaking. - I lack self-confidence | directly measured |
ft12b013 | Please indicate how you feel, generally speaking. - I feel safe | directly measured |
ft12b014 | Please indicate how you feel, generally speaking. - I feel at ease | directly measured |
ft12b015 | Please indicate how you feel, generally speaking. - My mood is steady | directly measured |
ft12b016 | Please indicate how you feel, generally speaking. - I am content | directly measured |
ft12b017 | Please indicate how you feel, generally speaking. - There are thoughts that I find very hard to let go of | directly measured |
ft12b018 | Please indicate how you feel, generally speaking. - Disappointments affect me so strongly that I cannot get over them | directly measured |
ft12b019 | Please indicate how you feel, generally speaking. - I am a calm person | directly measured |
ft12b020 | Please indicate how you feel, generally speaking. - I get very tense and agitated when I think about my troubles in recent times | directly measured |
ft12b021 | Even if something bad is about to happen to me, I rarely feel frightened or nervous | directly measured |
ft12b022 | I make a lot of effort to achieve what I want to achieve | directly measured |
ft12b023 | I am always willing to try something new if I think it will be fun | directly measured |
ft12b024 | Being criticized or scolded really gets to me | directly measured |
ft12b025 | If there’s something I want, I usually do all I can to get it | directly measured |
ft12b026 | I often do things for no other reason than that it might be fun to do | directly measured |
ft12b027 | If I see an opportunity to get what I want, I go for it right away | directly measured |
ft12b028 | I feel pretty worried or upset if I think or know that someone is mad at me | directly measured |
ft12b029 | I often do things on a whim | directly measured |
ft12b030 | If I think that something very annoying is about to happen, I usually get pretty stressed | directly measured |
ft12b031 | I worry when I think I performed badly | directly measured |
ft12b032 | I very much long for excitement and new experiences | directly measured |
ft12b033 | If I want to pursue something, then I really give it all I’ve got | directly measured |
ft12b034 | I have very few anxieties compared to my friends | directly measured |
ft12b035 | I worry about making mistakes | directly measured |
ft12b036 | Some people... - ...suddenly realize, while driving their car or on their way to somewhere, that they don’t exactly know what happened along the way | directly measured |
ft12b037 | Some people... - ...suddenly realize, while listening to someone, that they didn’t hear part or all of what that person just said | directly measured |
ft12b038 | Some people... - ...suddenly find themselves in some place, without any idea of how they got there | directly measured |
ft12b039 | Some people... - ...suddenly find themselves wearing clothes that they cannot remember putting on | directly measured |
ft12b040 | Some people... - ...suddenly find new things among their possessions which they cannot remember having bought | directly measured |
ft12b041 | Some people... - ...sometimes find that they are approached by strangers who address them by a different name or who persistently claim that they have met before | directly measured |
ft12b042 | Some people... - ...sometimes have the feeling of standing outside themselves or of seeing themselves do something; they see themselves as if they were seeing someone else | directly measured |
ft12b043 | Some people... - ...are sometimes told that they don’t recognize their friends or family members | directly measured |
ft12b044 | Some people... - ...notice that they have no memories of certain important events in their life (such as their wedding day or attaining a diploma) | directly measured |
ft12b045 | Some people... - ...are sometimes accused of lying, while they personally don’t think that they lied | directly measured |
ft12b046 | Some people... - ...sometimes have the experience of not recognizing themselves when looking in the mirror | directly measured |
ft12b047 | Some people... - ...sometimes have the feeling that other people, things and the world around are not real | directly measured |
ft12b048 | Some people... - ...get a feeling as if their body does not belong to them | directly measured |
ft12b049 | Some people... - ...sometimes recall an event from the past with such liveliness that it’s as if they are reliving that event | directly measured |
ft12b050 | Some people... - ...are sometimes not sure whether things they remember really happened or whether they were part of a dream | directly measured |
ft12b051 | Some people... - ...sometimes visit a place that is familiar to them, but then it seems strange and unfamiliar to them | directly measured |
ft12b052 | Some people... - ...can sometimes be so engrossed in watching a film or television program that they are no longer aware of what is happening around them | directly measured |
ft12b053 | Some people... - ...can sometimes be so engrossed in a fantasy or daydream that it feels to them as if it’s really happening | directly measured |
ft12b054 | Some people... - ...notice that they are sometimes able to not feel pain | directly measured |
ft12b055 | Some people... - ...sometimes find themselves staring into space without thinking anything, without any awareness of the passing of time | directly measured |
ft12b056 | Some people... - ...notice that, when they are alone, they sometimes talk out loud to themselves | directly measured |
ft12b057 | Some people... - ...sometimes find that they behave so completely differently in one situation than in another situation, that they almost feel like they’re two different people | directly measured |
ft12b058 | Some people... - ...notice that in some situations they are able to do things, which they normally find difficult to do, very spontaneously and with surprising ease (e.g. in sports, work or social situations) | directly measured |
ft12b059 | Some people... - ...sometimes find that they cannot remember whether they did something or only thought about doing it (e.g. no longer knowing whether you actually mailed a letter or only thought about mailing it) | directly measured |
ft12b060 | Some people... - ...sometimes find evidence that they did things which they cannot remember having done | directly measured |
ft12b061 | Some people... - ...sometimes find memos, drawings or notes that they must have made, but which they cannot remember having made | directly measured |
ft12b062 | Some people... - ...sometimes notice that they hear voices in their head telling them what to do or commenting on what they are doing | directly measured |
ft12b063 | Some people... - ...sometimes have the feeling of looking at the world as through a fog, so that people and things seem distant and vague | directly measured |
ft12b064 | Please indicate to what extent you ‘froze up’ or felt paralyzed during your most recent experience. | directly measured |
ft12b065 | Please indicate to what extent you were unable to move, even though you were not restrained by anyone or anything. | directly measured |
ft12b066 | Please indicate to what extent your body shivered or trembled during the event. | directly measured |
ft12b067 | Please indicate to what extent you were unable to call out or scream during the event. | directly measured |
ft12b068 | Please indicate to what extent you felt numb or immune to pain during the event. | directly measured |
ft12b069 | Please indicate to what extent you felt cold during the event. | directly measured |
ft12b070 | Please indicate to what extent you had feelings of fear or panic during the event. | directly measured |
ft12b071 | Please indicate to what extent you feared for your life or thought that you would die during the event. | directly measured |
ft12b072 | Please indicate to what extent you felt estranged from yourself or separated from yourself during the event (for instance free from your body). | directly measured |
ft12b073 | Please indicate to what extent you felt estranged from your surroundings or had a sense of being distant from your surroundings during the event (for instance that you mentally went to some other place). | directly measured |
ft12b074 | I often find it difficult to switch between two different tasks | directly measured |
ft12b075 | If I try to focus my attention on something, I quickly get distracted | directly measured |
ft12b076 | After a break or distraction I can easily refocus my attention on what I was doing | directly measured |
ft12b077 | It’s difficult for me to concentrate when I’m feeling tense | directly measured |
ft12b078 | It’s difficult for me to keep my attention focused on something when I feel happy or excited about something that’s about to happen | directly measured |
ft12b079 | How often in the past week... - ...did you have painful thoughts or images about the trauma, while you didn’t want to think about it? | directly measured |
ft12b080 | How often in the past week... - ...did you have unpleasant dreams or nightmares about the traumatic experience? | directly measured |
ft12b081 | How often in the past week... - ...did you have the experience that the traumatic event was happening again, or that you acted or felt the way you did then? | directly measured |
ft12b082 | How often in the past week... - ...did it happen that you became emotionally distraught when you were reminded of the traumatic event? | directly measured |
ft12b083 | How often in the past week... - ...did you have physical complaints (such as heart palpitations or breaking out in a sweat) when you were reminded of the traumatic event? | directly measured |
ft12b084 | How often in the past week... - ...did you try not to think about the traumatic experience or tried not to feel the associated feelings? | directly measured |
ft12b085 | How often in the past week did you try to avoid activities, places or things that remind you of the traumatic event? | directly measured |
ft12b086 | To what extent did you have trouble, in the past week, remembering important parts of what happened (during the traumatic event)? | directly measured |
ft12b087 | In the past week, were you less interested in things that you usually find important or fun to do (such as hobbies, social activities)? | directly measured |
ft12b088 | In the past week, did you feel distant from or cut off from other people? | directly measured |
ft12b089 | In the past week, did you feel emotionally numb (like not being able to weep, not reacting, not feeling any affection)? | directly measured |
ft12b090 | To what extent did you have the feeling, in the past week, that your plans or desires for the future have been run into the ground as a consequence of the traumatic experience? | directly measured |
ft12b091 | How often in the past week did you have trouble falling asleep or remaining asleep? | directly measured |
ft12b092 | How often in the past week did you suffer from being quickly irritated or from fits of anger? | directly measured |
ft12b093 | How often in the past week did you have trouble concentrating (e.g. losing track of a conversation, unable to follow a program on television, no longer knowing what you just read)? | directly measured |
ft12b094 | In the past week, were you cautious or wary (e.g. checking whether anyone is around, feeling uneasy when lacking oversight)? | directly measured |
ft12b095 | In the past week, were you very much on edge/easily frightened? | directly measured |
ft12b096 | Was it difficult to answer the questions? | directly measured |
ft12b097 | Were the questions sufficiently clear? | directly measured |
ft12b098 | Did the questionnaire get you thinking about things? | directly measured |
ft12b099 | Was it an interesting subject? | directly measured |
ft12b100 | Did you enjoy answering the questions? | directly measured |
ft12b101 | Starting date questionnaire | constructed |
ft12b102 | Starting time questionnaire | constructed |
ft12b103 | End date questionnaire | constructed |
ft12b104 | End time questionnaire | constructed |
ft12b105 | Duration in seconds | derived |
Response Information
Response Overview
Selected number of household members 5034 (100.0%)Non-response: 860 ( 17.1%)
Response: 4174 (82.9%)
Complete: 4155 (82.5%)
Incomplete: 19 (0.4%)
Collection Events
Period
03-09-2012 to 25-09-2012
Sample
Panel members who participated in Traumatic experiences 1 and/or Traumatic experiences 2 last year.
Collection Mode
internet survey
Fieldwork Note
A reminder was sent twice to non-respondents.