Saudi Adult Demographic and Psychological Survey Data on ACEs and Impulsivity

379 Saudi adults participated in a nationwide cross-sectional online survey on adverse childhood experiences and impulsivity. The dataset, created by Saleh A. Alghamdi and last updated in May 2026, contains demographic characteristics and scores from the ACE and Short UPPS-P questionnaires. Females reported significantly higher ACE exposure, particularly in emotional neglect and household mental illness.

Use Cases

• Analyzing gender differences in adverse childhood experience exposure based on reported scores.
• Investigating correlations between ACEs and multidimensional impulsivity traits like Negative Urgency.
• Testing differential exposure versus differential vulnerability hypotheses in trauma research.
• Replicating statistical analyses with rigorous multiple testing corrections and bootstrap confidence intervals.

Strengths

• Includes data from 379 participants (222 female, 157 male) with a majority aged 18–25 years.
• Employs validated instruments: the Arabic 10-item ACE questionnaire and the Short UPPS-P Impulsive Behavior Scale.
• Analytical results are detailed, including specific mean scores (e.g., ACE M=2.24 vs. 1.75) and percentage differences.
• Uses rigorous statistical methods like Benjamini-Hochberg FDR correction and bootstrap confidence intervals.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data is from a specific cross-sectional online survey of Saudi adults and may not generalize to other populations.

Provenance

Source

Saleh A. Alghamdi via figshare

Collection Method

Nationwide cross-sectional online survey

Time Range

Survey period not specified; dataset metadata updated May 2026.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-04 17:25:08; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Saudi Arabia