READ ME File For 'Dataset for "Why men are the minority: The perceptions of young men in UK post-primary education about studying Psychology at university"' Based on type created at CornelL University https://cornell.app.box.com/v/ReadmeTemplate Dataset DOI: 10.17034/XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX Date that the readme file was created: 2025, March, 27 (2025-03-27) ------------------- GENERAL INFORMATION ------------------- Title: Usually dataset for "Dataset for "Why men are the minority: The perceptions of young men in UK post-primary education about studying Psychology at university"" Creator(s): LISA GRAHAM-WISENER, Queen's University Belfast [0000-0001-6311-4978] Rights-holder: Queen's University Belfast Publication year: 2025 Date of data collection: 2022-04-01-2022-05-30; Information about geographic location of data collection (if relevant); Northern Ireland, United Kingdom Related projects: Not applicable ------------------- PROJEJCT INFORMATION ------------------- Funder Name: School of Psychology, Queen's University Belfast Project Number or Grant Identifier: Not applicable ------------------- CONTACT INFORMATION ------------------- Author/Principal Investigator information Name: Dr Lisa Graham-Wisener ORCID: 0000-0001-6311-4978 Institution: Queen's University Belfast Email: l.graham-wisener@qub.ac.uk Author/Associate/Co-investigator or Alternate Contact information Name: Dr Elida Cena ORCID: 0000-0002-3830-9500 Institution: Queen's University Belfast Email: e.cena@qub.ac.uk -------------------------- SHARING/ACCESS INFORMATION -------------------------- Licenses/restrictions placed on the data, or limitations of reuse: Recommended citation for the data: Graham-Wisener, Lisa (2025), Dataset for "Why men are the minority: The perceptions of young men in UK post-primary education about studying Psychology at university," Accepted, PLOS ONE This dataset supports the publication: AUTHORS: Elida Cena1, Stephanie Burns1, Ruth Lee2, Kathryn Gillespie1, Patrick A. O’Connor1, Tara Anderson1, Grace Duffy1, Lisa Graham-Wisener1* TITLE: Why men are the minority: The perceptions of young men in UK post-primary education about studying Psychology at university JOURNAL: PLOS ONE PAPER DOI IF KNOWN: Links to other publicly accessible locations of the data: Not applicable Links/relationships to ancillary or related data sets: Not applicable -------------------- DATA & FILE OVERVIEW -------------------- This dataset contains: File list: Selected exerts from qualitative transcripts- this file contains selected exerts from the focus group transcripts. Relationship between files, if important for context: Not applicable Additional related data collected that was not included in the current data package: Not applicable If data was derived from another source, list source: Not applicable If there are there multiple versions of the dataset, list the file updated, when and why update was made: Not applicable -------------------------- METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION -------------------------- Description of methods used for collection/generation of data: Qualitative focus groups. A total of 64 participants were included in the 11 focus groups and 1 single interview, with between 4 and 8 participants per focus group. Specifically, out of 64 participants, the sample consisted of 1) 36 participants studying Psychology (of which 15 were studying Psychology and at least another STEM subject, 21 were studying Psychology and other non-STEM subjects); 2) 24 participants not studying Psychology (of which 16 were studying STEM subjects and 11 were studying non-STEM subjects). The majority of students were aged 17 (46.9%) or 18 (45.3%), were part of a larger family of at least 2 siblings and had a mother educated to at least degree level. Methods for processing the data: Reflexive thematic analysis- data generated are the initial quotes which were coded Software or instrument-specific information needed to interpret the data: NVIVO Version 15 Standards and calibration information, if appropriate: Not applicable Environmental/experimental conditions: Not applicable (qualitative data exerts) Describe any quality-assurance procedures performed on the data: Not applicable People involved with sample collection, processing, analysis and/or submission: Elida Cena, Stephanie Burns, Ruth Lee, Kathryn Gillespie, Patrick A. O’Connor, Tara Anderson, Grace Duffy, Lisa Graham-Wisener -------------------------- DATASET-SPECIFIC INFORMATION -------------------------- File listing Number of variables: Not applicable (qualitative data exerts) Number of cases/rows: Not applicable (qualitative data exerts) Variable list, defining any abbreviations/acronyms, units of measure, codes or symbols used: (qualitative data exerts) Missing data codes: Not applicable (qualitative data exerts) Specialized formats or other abbreviations used: None