Does mind wandering really make you unhappy? There seems to be quite a bit of research suggesting this is so. Some of the important research on the topic used experience sampling methodology (ESM). However, some

Have you been to a farmer’s market this year? If so, you might enjoy the mobile intervention that researchers from the University of Western Ontario, Michigan State University, Brescia University College, and Wilfrid Laurier University,

Fibromyalgia is a disorder in which a person generally has chronic musculoskeletal pain. Stress is thought to be a cause of fibromyalgia symptoms. However, music has been shown to alleviate both stress and pain. Does

As you start planning your study, you’ll want to think about your participants, and whether Experience Sampling/Ecological Momentary Assessment is right for them. Here are a few characteristics you want (and don’t want) in experience

Experience sampling (or EMA) enables a more three-dimensional, life-like picture of the relationship between virtue and flourishing. Over the past several years a number of “virtues” have been positively related to a flourishing life—or, that

Imagine pulling down a white box from a metal shelf in an evidence room housing hundreds of other boxes just like it. For years, the case that the box contained evidence for was left unsolved,

Tim Steenbergh recently attended the Conference for the Society for Ambulatory Assessment at Penn State University. Here are his highlights from this exciting event. Every other year, a group of experts on mobile assessment and

When starting an experience sampling study, it is important to consider the different types of variables you can study. And how data should be gathered. This blog addresses these two issues, and hopefully can help

For experience sampling, you might ask questions a number of different ways. However, we might not know that certain types of questions have titles, and that you can ask certain questions in these ways. Further,

With the advent of mobile technology, experience sampling/ecological momentary assessment has taken a turn for the better. Whereas researchers had trouble with people back-filling data entries (i.e. they waited to the last minute to fill