This OSF dataset contains data from 60 German participants, with varying levels of depressive symptoms, who were asked to imagine themselves in everyday scenarios that ended positively or negatively and subsequently complete hindsight and affect measures. The data is presented in long format. Participants rated a description of 16 different scenarios, as represented by the “scenario” independent variable in the dataset. 8 of these had a positive (“pos”) outcome, and 8 had a negative (“neg”) outcome, as represented by the “valence” independent variable. The 16 scenarios were rated on a range of different variables, each assessed using items beginning with “If I was in the described situation, I’d feel…”. The specific phrasing of these psychometric items can be found in the original research article referenced below. Participants indicated their degree of approval for each item on a continuous scale between 0 and 100, with 0 = fully disagree and 100 = fully agree. The variables comprised of ratings of participants’ hindsight cognitions, represented by “hindsight_rating”, further sorted by individual item ratings of inevitability and foreseeability, as represented by “variable” and “variable_al”. Further, item ratings regarding participants’ felt responsibility for the outcome of the scenario were represented by the “responsibility_rating” variable. Affective reaction ratings, measuring four affect items (joy, regret, pride and disappointment) indicated participants’ ratings of anticipated affect following the outcome of each scenario. The variable “regret_joy_rating” represents ratings of anticipated regret if the outcome valence is negative and ratings of joy if the outcome valence is positive. The “disappointment_pride_rating” variable represents ratings of anticipated disappointment if the outcome valence is negative and ratings of pride if the outcome valence is positive. The “BDI” variable represents participants’ score in the German version of the Beck Depression Inventory–II (BDI-II). This is a self-report measure of depressive symptoms in normal populations, with a score ranging from 0 to 63, where a low score indicates minimal depression and a high score indicates severe depression (Hautzinger, Keller, & Kühner, 2006). Additionally, the “version” variable indicates the order of the materials, so whether the 8 positive or 8 negative outcomes were presented first, in set 1, as opposed to later, in set 2. The “position” variable indicates the position of the scenario within the sets, as this was randomised across participants. This data was collected and originally used by Groß, Blank and Bayen in their 2017 study exploring the role of hindsight bias in depression. The full dataset can be accessed in the data file of the OSF project page, [here][1]. References: Groß, J. (2017, May 6). Hindsight Bias in Depression - Data. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/59VJ7 Groß, J., Blank, H., & Bayen, U. J. (2017). Hindsight bias in depression. Clinical Psychological Science, 5(5), 771-788. DOI: 10.1177/2167702617712262 Hautzinger, M., Keller, F., & Kühner, C. (2006). Das Beck Depressionsinventar II. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Harcourt. [1]: https://osf.io/eu6ta/