Pitt Data Catalog A project by the Health Sciences Library System

• Ratajeski, Melissa A.
• Iwema, Carrie L.
• Ketchum, Andrea

Librarians at the University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences Library System conducted a 25-question online survey of the data management practices of researchers within the six schools of the health sciences (School of Medicine, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Graduate School of Public Health, School of Nursing, School of Pharmacy, and School of Dental Medicine).

The survey was administered via SurveyMonkey. Questions included researchers’ demographics and data management practices such as the use of file naming conventions, assignment of metadata to data files, storage of working and back-up data, data accessibility, and the use of data management plans (survey instrument provided). All multiple choice questions required a response and the majority were “check all that apply.”

This dataset includes .csv files of the raw and coded data, data dictionary, and the survey instrument in PDF.

• Information Science
• Library Surveys
• Research Data Management

• Montez, David Florentino
• Calabro, Finnegan
• Luna, Beatriz

This data package includes fMRI raw data, anonymized eye movement data, subject information, and fMRI task timing information, along with README files, for a ten-year longitudinal study of the adolescent development of working memory.

From the abstract: The authors present results from a longitudinal study conducted over 10 years in a sample of 126 8- to 33-year-olds demonstrating that adolescent development of working memory is supported by decreased variability in the amplitude of expression of whole brain states of task-related activity. fMRI analyses reveal that putative gain signals affecting maintenance and retrieval aspects of working memory processing stabilize during adolescence, while those affecting sensorimotor processes do not. The authors show that trial-to-trial variability in the reaction time and accuracy of eye-movements during a memory guided saccade task are related to fluctuations in the amplitude of expression of task-related brain states, or brain state variability, and also provide evidence that individual developmental trajectories of reaction time variability are related to individual trajectories of brain state variability. These observations demonstrate that underlying the maturation of cognition through adolescence is the stabilization of widespread gain signals affecting already available cognitive processes.

• Adolescent Development
• Child Development
• Cognitive Neuroscience
• Eye Movement Measurements
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• Memory, Short-Term
• Task Performance and Analysis

• Velanova, Katerina
• Wheeler, Mark E.
• Luna, Beatriz

This data package contains 3401 individual data files for 73 human subjects (28 adults aged 18-27, 35 adolescents aged 13-17, and 35 children aged 8-12) during correct and incorrect performance of an oculomotor task requiring inhibitory control.

From the abstract: Documenting the development of the functional anatomy underlying error processing is critically important for understanding age-related improvements in cognitive performance. Here we used functional magnetic resonance imaging to examine time courses of brain activity in 77 individuals aged 8–27 years during correct and incorrect performance of an oculomotor task requiring inhibitory control. Canonical eye-movement regions showed increased activity for correct versus error trials but no differences between children, adolescents and young adults, suggesting that core task processes are in place early in development. Anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) was a central focus. In rostral ACC all age groups showed significant deactivation during correct but not error trials, consistent with the proposal that such deactivation reflects suspension of a “default mode” necessary for effective controlled performance. In contrast, dorsal ACC showed increased and extended modulation for error versus correct trials in adults, which, in children and adolescents, was significantly attenuated. Further, younger age groups showed reduced activity in posterior attentional regions, relying instead on increased recruitment of regions within prefrontal cortex. This work suggests that functional changes in dorsal ACC associated with error regulation and error-feedback utilization, coupled with changes in the recruitment of “long-range” attentional networks, underlie age-related improvements in performance.

• Adolescent Development
• Brain Mapping
• Child Development
• Cognitive Neuroscience
• Eye Movement Measurements
• Gyrus Cinguli
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• Task Performance and Analysis

• Pilkonis, Paul

This data package contains SPSS data and codebooks for the Structured Interview for DSM-IV Personality Disorders (SIDP, SIDP-IV) assessment used in several personality studies conducted 1990-2017 by Paul Pilkonis.

Associated studies:

1. Validity in the Diagnosis of Personality Disorders ("Validity")
2. Screening for Personality Disorders ("Screening")
3. Interpersonal Functioning and Emotion in Borderline Personality ("Emotion and Interpersonal Functioning")
4. Interpersonal Functioning and Emotion in Borderline Personality ("Couples")

Data and codebooks are provided for the studies listed above, as well as a fuller description of the Structured Interview for DSM-IV Personality Disorders instrument. For background demographic data on the participants in these studies, see the Related Dataset: Pilkonis Personality Studies: Background Information Questionnaire (BIQ).

• Borderline Personality Disorder
• Interpersonal Relations
• Personality Assessment
• Personality Disorders
• Psychiatry

• Pilkonis, Paul

This data package contains SPSS data and codebooks for the Iowa Personality Disorder Screen (IOWA) assessment used in several personality studies conducted 1990-2017 by Paul Pilkonis.

Associated studies:

1. Screening for Personality Disorders ("Screening")
2. Interpersonal Functioning in Borderline Personality ("Interpersonal Functioning")

Data and codebooks are provided for the studies listed above, as well as a fuller description of the Iowa Personality Disorder Screen instrument. For background demographic data on the participants in these studies, see the Related Dataset: Pilkonis Personality Studies: Background Information Questionnaire (BIQ).

• Borderline Personality Disorder
• Interpersonal Relations
• Personality Assessment
• Personality Disorders
• Psychiatry

• Pilkonis, Paul

This data package contains SPSS data and codebooks for the Personality Disorder Examination (PDE) assessment used in personality studies conducted 1990-2017 by Paul Pilkonis.

Associated study:

1. Validity in the Diagnosis of Personality Disorders ("Validity")

Data and codebooks are provided for the study listed above, as well as a fuller description of the Personality Disorder Examination instrument. For background demographic data on the participants in these studies, see the Related Dataset: Pilkonis Personality Studies: Background Information Questionnaire (BIQ).

• Interpersonal Relations
• Personality Assessment
• Personality Disorders
• Psychiatry

• Pilkonis, Paul

This data package contains SPSS data and codebooks for the Break-up Questionnaire assessment used in several personality studies conducted 1990-2017 by Paul Pilkonis.

Associated study:

1. Interpersonal Functioning and Emotion in Borderline Personality ("Couples")

Data and codebooks are provided for the study listed above, as well as a fuller description of the Break-up Questionnaire instrument. For background demographic data on the participants in these studies, see the Related Dataset: Pilkonis Personality Studies: Background Information Questionnaire (BIQ).

• Borderline Personality Disorder
• Interpersonal Relations
• Personality Assessment
• Personality Disorders
• Psychiatry

• Pilkonis, Paul

This data package contains SPSS data and codebooks for the Neuroticism-Extraversion-Openness Personality Inventory (NEO-PI, NEO-PI-R) assessment used in several personality studies conducted 1990-2017 by Paul Pilkonis.

Associated studies:

1. Validity in the Diagnosis of Personality Disorders ("Validity")
2. Interpersonal Functioning in Borderline Personality ("Interpersonal Functioning")
3. Interpersonal Functioning and Emotion in Borderline Personality ("Emotion and Interpersonal Functioning")
4. Interpersonal Functioning and Emotion in Borderline Personality ("Couples")

Data and codebooks are provided for the studies listed above, as well as a fuller description of the NEO-PI and NEO-PI-R instruments. For background demographic data on the participants in these studies, see the Related Dataset: Pilkonis Personality Studies: Background Information Questionnaire (BIQ).

• Borderline Personality Disorder
• Interpersonal Relations
• Personality Assessment
• Personality Disorders
• Psychiatry

• Pilkonis, Paul

This data package contains SPSS data and codebooks for the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS) assessment used in several personality studies conducted 1990-2017 by Paul Pilkonis.

Associated studies:

1. Interpersonal Functioning and Emotion in Borderline Personality ("Emotion and Interpersonal Functioning")
2. Interpersonal Functioning and Emotion in Borderline Personality ("Couples")

Data and codebooks are provided for the studies listed above, as well as a fuller description of the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS) instrument. For background demographic data on the participants in these studies, see the Related Dataset: Pilkonis Personality Studies: Background Information Questionnaire (BIQ).

• Borderline Personality Disorder
• Interpersonal Relations
• Personality Assessment
• Personality Disorders
• Psychiatry

• Pilkonis, Paul

This data package contains SPSS data and codebooks for the Kobak’s Q-Sort assessment used in several personality studies conducted 1990-2017 by Paul Pilkonis.

Associated studies:

1. Interpersonal Functioning in Borderline Personality ("Interpersonal Functioning")
2. Interpersonal Functioning and Emotion in Borderline Personality ("Emotion and Interpersonal Functioning")
3. Interpersonal Functioning and Emotion in Borderline Personality ("Couples")

Data and codebooks are provided for the studies listed above, as well as a fuller description of the Kobak’s Q-Sort instrument. For background demographic data on the participants in these studies, see the Related Dataset: Pilkonis Personality Studies: Background Information Questionnaire (BIQ).

• Borderline Personality Disorder
• Interpersonal Relations
• Personality Assessment
• Personality Disorders
• Psychiatry