Table 1.
The HSP-Proxy Scale (17 items) developed from questions in the NIH toolbox used for the human connectome project
| From the NIH Toolbox Loneliness (Ages 18 +) – Fixed Form |
| In the past month how often (from 1 = never to 5 = Always) |
| 1. Act like my problems aren’t that important [Soc 276]a |
| 2. Criticize the way I do things [Soc264] |
| From the NIH Toolbox Emotion Anger-Affect (Ages 18 +) – Fixed Form |
| In the past 7 days (from 1 = never to 5 = Always) |
| 3. I was irritated more than people knew [Anger31] |
| 4. I felt annoyed [Anger50] |
| From the NIH Toolbox Fear (Ages 18 +) – Item Bank |
| In the past 7 days (from 1 = never to 5 = Always) |
| 5. I felt uneasy [Anxiety62] |
| From the NIH Toolbox Self-Efficacy (Ages 18 +) – Item Bank/Fixed Form |
| How true is it of you in general (from 1 = never to 5 = Very Often) |
| 6. If I am in trouble, I can think of a solution [GSE09] |
| From the NIH Toolbox Perceived stress (Ages 18 +) – Item Bank/Fixed Form |
| In the past month… (from 1 = never to 5 = Very Often) |
| 7. How often have you been upset because of something that happened unexpectedly? [SC001] |
| 8. How often have you felt nervous and “stressed’’? [SC003] |
| From the NEO-FFI-R (McCrae and Costa 2004), included in the NIH Toolbox |
| Circle the response which best describes your opinion of yourself (from SD Strongly disagree—definitely false to SA Strongly agree—definitely true; for analyses, coded 1 to 5) |
| 9. I am not a worrier [NEORAW__01_Num, reverse coded] |
| 10. I enjoy concentrating on a fantasy or daydream and exploring all its possibilities, letting it grow and develop [NEORAW__03_Num] |
| 11. When I’m under lots of stress, I sometimes feel like I’m going to pieces[NEORAW_11_Num] |
| 12. I am intrigued by the patterns I find in art and nature [NEORAW_13_Num] |
| 13. I often feel tense and jittery [NEORAW_21_Num] |
| 14. I often get angry at the way people treat me [NEORAW_36_Num] |
| 15. I experience a wide range of emotions or feelings [NEORAW_38_Num] |
| 16. When I read a poem or view art, I sometimes feel a wave of excitement[NEORAW_43_Num] |
| 17. Poetry has little or no effect on me [NEORAW__23_Num, reverse coded] |
aCodes in brackets are codes used for items in NIH tool box data sets