Experiences Questionnaire (EQ)

Abstract

BackgroundPsychological Assessment is a scholarly journal committed to empirical research relevant to assessments conducted in the broad field of clinical psychology. Intensive longitudinal designs (i.e., ambulatory assessment, ecological momentary assessment, experience sampling, and daily diary methods) are being used with increasing frequency in clinical psychology research and assessment, due to their ability to assess within-person, dynamic processes in naturalistic contexts in near-real time. These research designs entail many methodological choices with unique considerations, including measurement and the psychometric properties of measures, sampling design, and participant instruction methods. However, there is a need for more empirical data to guide researcher decision-making in order to optimize data quality for specific research or clinical assessment questions. As such, this special issue seeks to bring together current empirically-informed innovations in intensive longitudinal designs, as well as research on related methodological decisions relevant to clinical psychology assessment. Submission DetailsSubmissions to this call should focus on assessment and psychometric issues when using intensive longitudinal designs. Examples of submissions aligning with the scope of this special issue and other considerations for applying for this opportunity are provided below:⦁ Topics focused on intensive longitudinal designs could include procedures for selection/development of appropriate self-report measures, assessment of reliability and validity, density of assessments, total duration of assessment, sampling scheme, predictors of compliance, how much/what kind of training participants should have in the protocol, impact of different instructions or response formats on assessment, measurement reactivity, and participant compensation strategy, among others. ⦁ Submissions focused on or including measurement and design properties of non-self-reported intensive longitudinal methods are welcome (e.g., physiological sensing, mobile sensing, other ambulatory assessment). ⦁ Submissions should have implications for one or more of the following: (a) clinical assessment, (b) psychopathology and symptom assessment, and/or (c) assessment of mechanisms and variables linked to various psychopathology. Data may be from clinical or non-clinical samples. All submissions should have a clear methodological focus with implications for advancing understanding of using intensive longitudinal study designs as applied to psychopathology and clinical assessment. ⦁ Submissions on related topics such as statistical advances in modelling constructs longitudinally, descriptive studies focused on understanding the structure of psychopathology and related domains, or the development of a new measure will be considered. However, studies on these topics should clearly present how findings improve clinical assessment in practical and substantive ways that are specific to intensive longitudinal design contexts. ⦁ Empirical data, whether collect...