TY - JOUR
T1 - Annual Research Review
T2 - Ecological momentary assessment studies in child psychology and psychiatry
AU - Russell, Michael A.
AU - Gajos, Jamie M.
N1 - Funding Information:
Support was provided via Award T32 DA017629 from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (to J. M. G.). The authors are grateful for the assistance of Rachel N. Bomysoad in document retrieval and reference management. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institute on Drug Abuse or the National Institutes of Health. The authors have declared that they have no competing or potential conflicts of interest. Key points
Funding Information:
Support was provided via Award T32 DA017629 from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to J.M.G. The authors are grateful for the assistance of Rachel N. Bomysoad in document retrieval and reference management. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institute on Drug Abuse or the National Institutes of Health. The authors have declared that they have no competing or potential conflicts of interest.Key points Ecological momentary assessment (EMA) represents a modern idiographic approach to studying the lived experiences of typically and atypically developing children and adolescents. Research supports the feasibility and validity of EMA and wearable sensor measurement among youth with and without psychiatric diagnoses. EMA studies facilitate novel measurement and allow investigation of lived experience, naturalistic within-person processes, individual differences, and temporal dynamics. Continued research and technological development will foster enhancements in modeling, passive sensing, and ecological momentary interventions ? allowing intervention content to be delivered to at-risk youth at the times and places it is needed most. Ecological momentary assessment (EMA) represents a modern idiographic approach to studying the lived experiences of typically and atypically developing children and adolescents. Research supports the feasibility and validity of EMA and wearable sensor measurement among youth with and without psychiatric diagnoses. EMA studies facilitate novel measurement and allow investigation of lived experience, naturalistic within-person processes, individual differences, and temporal dynamics. Continued research and technological development will foster enhancements in modeling, passive sensing, and ecological momentary interventions ? allowing intervention content to be delivered to at-risk youth at the times and places it is needed most.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health
PY - 2020/3/1
Y1 - 2020/3/1
N2 - Background: Enhancements in mobile phone technology allow the study of children and adolescents' everyday lives like never before. Ecological momentary assessment (EMA) uses these advancements to allow in-depth measurements of links between context, behavior, and physiology in youths' everyday lives. Findings: A large and diverse literature now exists on using EMA to study mental and behavioral health among youth. Modern EMA methods are built on a rich tradition of idiographic inquiry focused on the intensive study of individuals. Studies of child and adolescent mental and behavioral health have used EMA to characterize lived experience, document naturalistic within-person processes and individual differences in these processes, measure familiar constructs in novel ways, and examine temporal order and dynamics in youths' everyday lives. Conclusions: Ecological momentary assessment is feasible and reliable for studying the daily lives of youth. EMA can inform the development and augmentation of traditional and momentary intervention. Continued research and technological development in mobile intervention design and implementation, EMA-sensor integration, and complex real-time data analysis are needed to realize the potential of just-in-time adaptive intervention, which may allow researchers to reach high-risk youth with intervention content when and where it is needed most.
AB - Background: Enhancements in mobile phone technology allow the study of children and adolescents' everyday lives like never before. Ecological momentary assessment (EMA) uses these advancements to allow in-depth measurements of links between context, behavior, and physiology in youths' everyday lives. Findings: A large and diverse literature now exists on using EMA to study mental and behavioral health among youth. Modern EMA methods are built on a rich tradition of idiographic inquiry focused on the intensive study of individuals. Studies of child and adolescent mental and behavioral health have used EMA to characterize lived experience, document naturalistic within-person processes and individual differences in these processes, measure familiar constructs in novel ways, and examine temporal order and dynamics in youths' everyday lives. Conclusions: Ecological momentary assessment is feasible and reliable for studying the daily lives of youth. EMA can inform the development and augmentation of traditional and momentary intervention. Continued research and technological development in mobile intervention design and implementation, EMA-sensor integration, and complex real-time data analysis are needed to realize the potential of just-in-time adaptive intervention, which may allow researchers to reach high-risk youth with intervention content when and where it is needed most.
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U2 - 10.1111/jcpp.13204
DO - 10.1111/jcpp.13204
M3 - Review article
C2 - 31997358
AN - SCOPUS:85078758772
VL - 61
SP - 376
EP - 394
JO - Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines
JF - Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines
SN - 0021-9630
IS - 3
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