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<abstract xmlns="http://eprints.org/ep2/data/2.0">Pseudonymised, analysis-ready participant-level dataset underpinning the study "Big Five Personality Traits as Moderators of Depression-Facial Action Unit Relationships in Naturalistic Free-Speech Video". It covers 103 Arabic-speaking university students (aged 18-25) recruited at Tartous University, Syria. &#13;
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Each participant recorded an approximately one-minute free-speech video on a self-selected topic and completed the PHQ-9 depression screening questionnaire and the Arabic short form of the Big Five Inventory-2 (BFI-2-XS).&#13;
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The deposit comprises: &#13;
(i) mean facial action unit (AU) intensities for 20 AUs extracted from the video recordings using the py-feat toolbox, together with three derived composite measures (Depressive Facial Index, Positive Affect Suppression, Facial Expressivity Variability); &#13;
(ii) PHQ-9 total scores; &#13;
(iii) Big Five domain scores; &#13;
(iv) age band and sex/gender;&#13;
(v) valid frame counts per recording; &#13;
(vi) a data dictionary and README describing all variables, processing steps and access conditions; and &#13;
(vii) non-disclosive aggregate outputs supporting verification of the analyses reported in the associated manuscript.&#13;
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The original facial video and audio recordings are NOT included in this deposit and will not be shared in any form. Data files are provided in CSV format (UTF-8).&#13;
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This dataset is related to, but distinct from, the ROSE acoustic-feature record (https://doi.org/10.5525/gla.researchdata.2332). The participant-level FVPD file is proposed as a separate deposit for RDM assessment under its own consent documentation. Neither raw video nor raw audio is included.</abstract>
