Rumination and PTSD Symptom Network Analysis in Trauma Survivors

661 adult survivors of traumatic events participated in an online study, completing standardized questionnaires for PTSD, rumination, anxiety, and depression. The dataset supports a multi-level network analysis examining granular relationships between specific PTSD symptoms and rumination while controlling for comorbidities. It includes responses from participants with a median age of 35 years, 49.3% of whom were female.

Use Cases

• Conduct network analysis on PCL-5, RTQ-10, GAD-7, and PHQ-9 item-level responses to model symptom interactions.
• Examine associations between Repetitive Thinking Questionnaire (RTQ-10) items and specific Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist (PCL-5) symptom clusters like re-experiencing.
• Analyze the negative association observed between risk-taking behavior items and future-oriented wishful thinking items within the network model.
• Investigate demographic patterns, such as age and gender distribution, across different levels of PTSD symptom severity measured by the PCL-5.

Strengths

• Includes responses from 661 adult participants, providing a substantive sample for analysis.
• Uses four validated clinical instruments: PCL-5, RTQ-10, GAD-7, and PHQ-9, ensuring standardized measurement.
• Analysis controls for common comorbidities like depression and anxiety, increasing specificity of findings.

Limitations

• The dataset is relatively small at 957.0 KB, suggesting limited raw data or a processed analysis file, which restricts the scope for novel modeling.
• Data is cross-sectional, preventing causal or longitudinal analysis of symptom development over time.
• Potential for content overlap among the questionnaires used, as noted by the authors, may confound network associations.

Provenance

Source

Olena Zhabenko via figshare.

Collection Method

Data collected via an online-based study where participants completed standardized questionnaires.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated on 2026-03-24.

Geography

Participants were adult survivors who witnessed or experienced a car crash, a violent act, or the killing of someone; specific geographic location is unknown.