Online Emotional Response to Completing a Childhood Maltreatment Self-report Scale

The first group (N=250) will receive the Maltreatment and Abuse Chronology of Exposure (MACE) scale first, to assess early life adversity, followed by the standardized test questions. A POMS will be administered before each challenge.

The second group (N=250) will be presented with the standardized test questions (Math/Verbal) to assess their stress level, measured through POMS, followed by the Maltreatment and Abuse Chronology of Exposure (MACE) scale.

The group will also receive the Chronology of Perceived Discrimination Scale (CPDS) to assess type and timing of perceived discrimination during the first 18 years of life. A POMS will be administered before and after the intervention/challenge.

Participants in both groups will be presented with the abbreviated version of the IPIP-NEO a personality questionnaire that provides ratings on the Five Factor Personality Model. The research team sees this task as non-stressful and even potentially soothing and envisions that it will help to restore an individual's mood before taking the next stressful test and again at the completion of the online session.