SPSS Assignment

Copy of the questionnaire used in survey.sav On the pages that follow, I have included a portion of the actual questionnaire used to collect the data included in the survey.sav file. The first page includes the demographic questions, followed by the Life Orientation Test (6 items) and the Positive and Negative Affect Scale (20 items). Sample questionnaire: 1. Sex: male (please tick whichever applies)

female

2. Age: _________ (in years) 3. What is your marital status? (please tick whichever applies) 1. single

2. in a steady relationship 3. living with partner 4. married for first time 5. remarried 6. separated 7. divorced 8. widowed

4. Do you have any children currently living at home with you? (please tick)

yes

no 5. What is the highest level of education that you have completed? (please tick the

highest level you have completed) 1. primary school

2. some secondary school 3. completed high school

4. some additional training (apprenticeship, TAFE courses etc.) 5. undergraduate university 6. postgraduate university

6. What are the major sources of stress in your life?

_____________________________________________________________

7. Do you smoke? (please tick)

yes no

If yes, how many cigarettes do you smoke per week? ____________

Please read through the following statements and decide how much you either agree or disagree with each. Using the scale provided write the number that best indicates how you feel on the line next to each statement.

strongly disagree 1 2 3 4 5 strongly agree 1. _____ In uncertain times I usually expect the best.

2. _____ If something can go wrong for me it will.

3. _____ I'm always optimistic about my future.

4. _____ I hardly ever expect things to go my way.

5. _____ Overall I expect more good things to happen to me than bad.

6. _____ I rarely count on good things happening to me.

Source: Scheier, Carver & Bridges, 1994. This scale consists of a number of words that describe different feelings and emotions. For each item indicate to what extent you have felt this way during the past few weeks. Write a number from 1 to 5 on the line next to each item. very slightly or not

at all 1

a little 2

moderately 3

quite a bit

4

extremely 5

1. ______ interested

2. ______ upset

3. ______ scared

4. ______ proud

5. ______ ashamed

6. ______ determined

7. ______ active

8. ______ distressed

9. ______ strong

10. ______ hostile

11. ______ irritable

12. ______ inspired

13. ______ attentive

14. ______ afraid

15. ______ excited

16. ______ guilty

17. ______ enthusiastic

18. ______ alert

19. ______ nervous

20. ______ jittery

Source: Watson, Clark & Tellegen, 1988.

Codebook for survey.sav Full variable name SPSS variable

name Coding instructions

Identification number id subject identification number

Sex sex 1 = males; 2 = females

Age age in years

Marital marital 1 = single; 2 = steady relationship; 3 = living with a partner; 4 = married for the first time; 5 = remarried; 6 = separated; 7 = divorced; 8 = widowed

Children child 1 = yes; 2 = no

Highest level of education educ 1 = primary; 2 = some secondary; 3 = completed high school;

4 = some additional training; 5 = completed undergraduate;

6 = completed postgraduate.

Major source of stress source 1 = work; 2 = spouse or partner; 3 = relationships; 4 = children; 5 = family; 6 = health / illness; 7 = life in general

Do you smoke? smoke 1 = yes; 2 = no

Cigarettes smoked per week smokenum Number of cigarettes smoked per week

Optimism Scale

op1 to op6 1=strongly disagree , 5=strongly agree

Mastery Scale mast1 to mast7 1=strongly disagree , 4=strongly agree

PANAS Scale pn1 to pn20 1=very slightly, 5=extremely

Life Satisfaction Scale

lifsat1 to lifsat5 1=strongly disagree , 7=strongly agree

Perceived Stress Scale pss1 to pss10 1=never, 5=very often

Self esteem Scale sest1 to sest10 1=strongly disagree , 4=strongly agree

Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale

m1 to m10 1=true, 2=false

Perceived Control of Internal States Scale (PCOISS)

pc1 to pc18 1=strongly disagree, 5=strongly agree

Total scale scores included in survey.sav

Full variable name SPSS Variable

name

Coding instructions

Total Optimism Toptim reverse items op2, op4, op6 add all scores op1 to op6 range 6 to 30

Total Mastery Tmast reverse items mast1, mast3, mast4, mast6, mast7 add all items mast1 to mast7 range 7 to 28

Total Positive affect Tposaff add items pn1, pn4, pn6, pn7, pn9, pn12, pn13, pn15, pn17, pn18 range 10 to 50

Total Negative affect Tnegaff add items pn2, pn3, pn5, pn8, pn10, pn11, pn14, pn16, pn19, pn20 range 10 to 50

Total Life Satisfaction Tlifesat add all items lifsat1 to lifsat5 range 5 to 35

Total Perceived Stress Tpstress reverse items pss4, pss5, pss7, pss8 add all items pss1 to pss10 range 10 to 50

Total Self-esteem Tslfest reverse items sest3, sest5, sest7, sest9, sest10 add all items sest1 to sest10 range 10 to 40

Total Social desirability Tmarlow reverse items m6 to m10 (recode true=1, false =0) add all items m1 to m10 range 0 to 10

Total Perceived Control of Internal States

Tpcoiss reverse items pc1, pc2, pc7, pc11, pc15, pc16 add all items pc1 to pc18 range 18 to 90

New Education categories

educ2 recoded the categories primary, some secondary into one group because of small numbers in each group. 1=primary/some secondary, 2=completed secondary, 3=some additional training, 4=completed undergraduate university, 5=completed postgraduate university.

Age group 3 categories Agegp3 1=18-29yrs, 2=30-44yrs, 3=45+yrs

Age group 5 categories Agegp5 1=18-24yrs, 2=25-32yrs, 3=33-40yrs, 4=41-49, 5=50+yrs.