Dataset supporting: A qualitative study exploring the role of perfectionism in trichotillomania

Data collection method:

Participants were recruited via advertisements on social media and body-focused repetitive behaviour support groups. The researcher was contacted by individuals wishing to take part in the study, who then provided the potential participants with a link to the consent form, PIS and eligibility screening questionnaires. In addition to a demographic questionnaire constructed for this study, the following standardised questionnaires were used: - Body Image Questionnaire (BIQ); - Massachusetts General Hospital Hairpulling Scale (MGH-HPS); - Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9); - Generalised Anxiety Disorder scale (GAD-7); - Frost Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale (FMPS); - Obsessive Compulsive Inventory Revised (OCI-R); - Style of Planning (STOP) questionnaire. The questionnaires were presented via Qualtrics, an online survey platform. Responses from participants were exported from Qualtrics to a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet, ready for analysis. Semi-structured interviews were conducted via Microsoft Teams (MS Teams) and audio recorded. MS Teams created a transcript of each interview which was checked for accuracy by the researcher using the audio recordings, and anonymised. Anonymised transcripts were used for the data analysis.

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