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From Paper to Practice: What makes a good ESM / EMA survey item?

Egon Dejonckheere

From Paper to Practice: What makes a good ESM / EMA survey item?

What makes a good ESM / EMA survey item? TL;DR Until now, there was no shared way to judge whether a survey item in experience sampling (ESM) / ecological momentary assessment (EMA) research was act...

Anchors Best Practice Data Quality Measurement Reactivity Methodology Reconceptualization Variability

Oct 3, 2025

From Paper to Practice: How simple text boosts ESM /EMA data interpretation for mental health practitioners.

Egon Dejonckheere

From Paper to Practice: How simple text boosts ESM /EMA data interpretation for mental health practitioners.

How simple text boosts ESM / EMA data interpretation for mental health practitioners. TL;DR An m-Path study shows that adding simple textual descriptions to experience sampling (ESM) / ecological mo...

Best Practice Data Interpretation Feedback Graphs Mental Healthcare

Sep 18, 2025

High Five: 5 reasons to choose m-Path as your go-to ESM / EMA platform.

Egon Dejonckheere

High Five: 5 reasons to choose m-Path as your go-to ESM / EMA platform.

5 reasons to choose m-Path as your go-to ESM / EMA platform. TL;DR Instead of long feature checklists and compliance badges, this blogpost spotlights five unique strengths of m-Path for experience s...

High Five Mental Healthcare

Sep 18, 2025

From Paper to Practice: Predictors of response compliance in ESM / EMA research.

Egon Dejonckheere

From Paper to Practice: Predictors of response compliance in ESM / EMA research.

Predictors of response compliance in ESM / EMA research. TL;DR Meta-analyses suggest that average compliance in experience sampling (ESM) / ecological momentary assessment (EMA) studies hovers aroun...

Best Practice Methodology Response Compliance Rewards

Sep 17, 2025

From Paper to Practice: Detecting participation effects in ESM / EMA research.

Egon Dejonckheere

From Paper to Practice: Detecting participation effects in ESM / EMA research.

Detecting participation effects in ESM / EMA research. TL;DR Experience sampling methodology (ESM) / ecological momentary assessment (EMA) studies give us rich real-life data, but participation itse...

Best Practice Calibration Careless Responding Data Quality Ecological Validity Introspection Measurement Interference Measurement Reactivity Methodology Reconceptualization Response Compliance

Sep 17, 2025

From Paper to Practice: The feasibility of high-intensity ESM / EMA in dementia.

Egon Dejonckheere

From Paper to Practice: The feasibility of high-intensity ESM / EMA in dementia.

The feasibility of high-intensity ESM / EMA in dementia. TL;DR Traditionally, people with dementia have been excluded from experience sampling (ESM) / ecological momentary assessment (EMA) studies d...

Best Practice Dementia Feasibility Voice Recording

Sep 12, 2025

From Paper to Practice: Visualizing previous ratings improves measurement in ESM / EMA studies.

Egon Dejonckheere

From Paper to Practice: Visualizing previous ratings improves measurement in ESM / EMA studies.

Visualizing previous ratings improves measurement in ESM / EMA studies. TL;DR Our study demonstrates that showing participants' previous emotion rating during experience sampling (ESM) / ecological ...

Anchors Best Practice Calibration Data Quality Methodology Slider Scales Variability

Sep 10, 2025

From Paper to Practice: Should you gamify your ESM / EMA study?

Egon Dejonckheere

From Paper to Practice: Should you gamify your ESM / EMA study?

Should you gamify your ESM / EMA study? TL;DR Gamifying experience sampling (ESM) / ecological momentary assessment (EMA) studies with real-time rewards could boost response rates and speed, but at ...

Best Practice Careless Responding Data Quality Gamification Methodology Response Compliance Rewards

Sep 9, 2025

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