Qualitative dataset on safety-seeking behaviours in older crime victims: data from the Person-Reported Safety-Seeking Behaviour Measure (PRSBM)

Qualitative dataset for the study: Safety-Seeking Behaviors and Psychological Distress in Older Victims of Community-Crime: A Cross-Sectional Study Using a Novel Person-Reported Measure

This dataset is for the qualitative component of the Person-Reported Safety-Seeking Behavior Measure (PRSBM). Older victims of community crime were asked whether they engaged in six types of behaviors since the crime: (checking, reassurance-seeking, rumination, avoidance, rituals, hypervigilance). If so, they were asked to describe their behaviors.

Older victims were also asked to rate how frequently they engaged in each behavior and how much of change it was since the crime; the data for this is available in the corresponding quantitative dataset.