As eating disorders increase in prevalence throughout the country, researchers and psychologists have taken an interest in better understanding what they are, how they manifest, and how best to treat them. They have run into problems in the past, however, due to fairly ineffective ways to collect accurate data. This problem was greatly reduced with …
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It is well known that a large percentage of college students use alcohol and marijuana regularly. But how are emotion regulation strategies related to substance use? Is there a connection? Emotion regulation strategies are used by individuals to cope with emotional experiences. There are many different types of emotion regulation strategies, but this study focused …
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What are the unique advantages of the experience sampling method? Learn more in this video based on Shiffman, Stone, & Hufford’s Ecological Momentary Assessment. Shiffman, S., Stone, A. A., & Hufford, M. R. (2008). Ecological momentary assessment. Annu. Rev. Clin. Psychol., 4, 1-32.
Time flies by when you’re having fun! But what about when you are sorting through endless paperwork? Or doing the dishes? How does time pass when you’re not having fun? In this experience sampling study, researchers investigated how our awareness of the passage of time is related to how we judge time durations. Passage of …
Are you stressed at work? Do you think that negative work events make your stress worse? You might be right! In this EMA study, researchers at the University of Bamberg and the University of Erlangen in Germany examined the effect of negative work events (NWEs) on physiological and psychological distress responses. Eighty-three German clinical staff …
How do adolescents cope? Do daily stressors affect their mood? And what is the relationship between daily problems, coping, and mood states for adolescents? To answer of these questions, researchers in Ireland turned to an Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) phone app. They wanted to see how well a mobile phone app could collect real-life data …
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