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Compliance to a cell phone-based ecological momentary assessment study: the effect of time and personality characteristics

Courvoisier, Delphine S., Eid, Michael, Lischetzke, Tanja·2012·Psychological Assessment

Abstract

Ecological momentary assessment (EMA) is a method that is now widely used to study behavior and mood in the settings in which they naturally occur. It maximizes ecological validity and avoids the limitations of retrospective self-reports. Compliance patterns across time have not been studied. Consistent compliance patterns could lead to data not missing at random and bias the results of subsequent analyses. In order to use modern statistical approaches for handling missing data, it is important to include variables predicting missing values into the statistical analysis. Therefore, these predictors have to be known and measured. The authors collected data on 3 four-item mood scales measuring well-being, wakefulness, and nervousness on 6 occasions per day for 7 days (N = 305) and examined compliance rate across time, within day, and within week. Results show good global compliance (mean compliance: 74.9% of calls answered). Compliance varied more within day than within week. Within day, it was lower for the first call of the day between 9 p.m. and 11 p.m. and higher for the call between 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. Within week, calls were equally answered across days of the week, but, as the study progressed, there was a slight drop in compliance with a progressive decrease that was stronger for the first 2 calls. Compliance on the person level did not depend on personality or on satisfaction with life. Practical consequences of the results for conducting ambulatory assessment studies are discussed, and some recommendations are given.

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Authors
Courvoisier, D. S., Eid, M., & Lischetzke, T.
Affiliations
  • University of Geneva (CH)
  • Freie Universität Berlin (DE)
Venue
Psychological Assessment
Published
2012-09
Volume
24
Issue
3
Pages
713-720
ISSN
  • 1040-3590 (ISSN-L)
  • 1939-134X
OpenAlex
W2027102872
Cited by
153
References
31
Citations by year
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FWCI
8.57
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Psychological Assessment (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
Swiss National Foundation
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Mental Health Research Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Survey Methodology and Nonresponse
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Science Applications › Mobile Crowdsensing and Crowdsourcing
Keywords
ecological momentary assessment, compliance, ambulatory assessment, missing data, within-day variation, mood, well-being, wakefulness, anxiety, life satisfaction, personality
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Affect, Female, Humans, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Middle Aged, Personality, Personality Inventory, Surveys and Questionnaires, Research Design, Time Factors, Monitoring, Ambulatory, Cell Phone, Young Adult

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