Subject	Psychiatry and Mental Health
Specific subject area	This article investigates diabetes, child maltreatment, symptoms of depression/anxiety and the psychological construct of personality functioning.
Type of data	Table Figure
How the data were acquired	Representative data was acquired via surveys conducted in cooperation with the independent demography research institute USUMA GmbH Berlin in 2016 and 2019, yielding a total of N = 5,041 participants. Households within predefined regions were selected by a random route procedure. In households with multiple persons, one person was randomly selected using the Kish grid. After providing informed consent, the selected person was interviewed by a trained employee.
Data format	Raw data Analyzed
Description of data collection	The survey is conceptualized by the University of Leipzig in cooperation with, among others, the University of Giessen and aims at collecting data on different psychological and psychosomatic topics in a sample, which is representative in terms of age, gender and education. Inclusion criteria are sufficient German language skills, an age > 14 and informed consent before taking part in the study.
Data source location	•Institution: Justus-Liebig University Giessen •City/Town/Region: Giessen, Hesse •Country: Germany
Data accessibility	The dataset is made publicly available at Mendeley data. Data identification number: 10.17632/rkw2g38rjp.1 Direct URL to data: https://data.mendeley.com/datasets/rkw2g38rjp/1
Related research article	S. Zara, E. Brähler, C. Sachser, J.M. Fegert, W. Häuser, L. Krakau, H. Kampling, J. Kruse. Associations of different types of child maltreatment and diabetes in adulthood – the mediating effect of personality functioning: findings from a population-based representative German sample. Ann Epidemiol. 78 (2023) 47-53. 10.1016/j.annepidem.2022.12.004