Introduction to the Special Issue on Advances in the Methodology of Ambulatory Assessment

Westmeyer, Hans

doi:10.1027/1015-5759.23.4.203

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“…On the other hand, this finding may suggest that articles dealing with these measures may be more often rejected by reviewers as they do not easily fulfill the journal requirements with regard to traditional measurement criteria. Nevertheless, as such new measures catch the interest of practitioners as well as scientists in the field of psychological assessment, the journal’s strategy of launching special issues regularly on innovative, developing topics (Hofmann & Schmitt, 2008; Westmeyer, 2007) may be essential in the future.…”

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Articles Published in EJPA 2009–2010

Ortner

Vormittag

2011

European Journal of Psychological Assessment

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With reference to EJPA’s unique and broad scope, the current study analyzed the characteristics of the authors as well as the topics and research aims of the 69 empirical articles published in the years 2009–2010. Results revealed that more than one third of the articles were written by authors affiliated with more than one country. With reference to their research aims, an almost comparable number of articles (1) presented a new measure, (2) dealt with adaptations of measures, or (3) dealt with further research on existing measures. Analyses also revealed that most articles did not address any particular field of application. The second largest group was comprised of articles related to the clinical field, followed by the health-related field of application. The majority of all articles put their focus on investigating questionnaires or rating scales, and only a small number of articles investigated procedures classified as tests or properties of interviews. As to further characteristics of the method(s) used, a majority of EJPA contributions addressed self-report data. Results are discussed with reference to publication demands as well as the current and future challenges and demands of psychological assessment.

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Articles Published in EJPA 2009–2010

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Vormittag

2011

European Journal of Psychological Assessment

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“…Advances in handheld computing (e.g., PDAs, smartphones) led to an explosion in daily life research in the 2000s, using what are now collectively referred to as ambulatory assessment (AA) methods (Trull & Ebner-Priemer, 2014). 1 Several previous special issues, including one in this journal (Westmeyer, 2007) have covered AA (e.g., Kubiak & Stone, 2012;Schimmack & Diener, 2003) and its application to diverse subfields, including clinical psychology (Trull & Ebner-Priemer, 2009), addiction (Tomko & McClure, 2018), health psychology (Shiffman & Stone, 1998), and adolescent development (Modecki, Goldberg, Ehrenreich, Russell, & Bellmore, 2019). These special issues highlight the strengths of AA methods: capturing dynamic psychological processes in everyday life, thus providing a different perspective than traditional laboratory and global/ retrospective questionnaire methods.…”

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Introduction to the Special Issue

Koval

Kalokerinos

Verduyn

et al. 2020

European Journal of Psychological Assessment

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“…By using repeated assessments in a person’s natural environment and in real time, EMA aims to “capture life as it is lived” (Bolger, Davis, & Rafaeli, 2003). It has been successfully used to investigate psychosis, substance use, mood disorders, panic disorder, and specific phobias and to monitor treatment processes as documented, for example, in Stone, Shiffman, Atienza, and Nebeling (2007) and the special sections and issues of the Journal of Personality (Tennen, Affleck, & Armeli, 2005), Psychological Assessment (Trull & Ebner-Priemer, 2009), European Psychologist (Ebner-Priemer, Kubiak, & Pawlik, 2009), and European Journal of Psychological Assessment (Westmeyer, 2007). Thanks to EMA, considerable advances have been made in the study of phenomenology, etiology, psychological models, biological mechanisms, treatment, and gene-environment interactions in psychopathology (Ebner-Priemer & Trull, 2009; Myin-Germeys et al, 2009, for reviews).…”

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Using Personal Cell Phones for Ecological Momentary Assessment

Kuntsche

Labhart

2013

European Psychologist

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Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) is a way of collecting data in people’s natural environments in real time and has become very popular in social and health sciences. The emergence of personal digital assistants has led to more complex and sophisticated EMA protocols but has also highlighted some important drawbacks. Modern cell phones combine the functionalities of advanced communication systems with those of a handheld computer and offer various additional features to capture and record sound, pictures, locations, and movements. Moreover, most people own a cell phone, are familiar with the different functions, and always carry it with them. This paper describes ways in which cell phones have been used for data collection purposes in the field of social sciences. This includes automated data capture techniques, for example, geolocation for the study of mobility patterns and the use of external sensors for remote health-monitoring research. The paper also describes cell phones as efficient and user-friendly tools for prompt manual data collection, that is, by asking participants to produce or to provide data. This can either be done by means of dedicated applications or by simply using the web browser. We conclude that cell phones offer a variety of advantages and have a great deal of potential for innovative research designs, suggesting they will be among the standard data collection devices for EMA in the coming years.

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Introduction to the Special Issue on Advances in the Methodology of Ambulatory Assessment

Cited by 7 publications

References 19 publications

Articles Published in EJPA 2009–2010

Articles Published in EJPA 2009–2010

Introduction to the Special Issue

Using Personal Cell Phones for Ecological Momentary Assessment

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