Armey Michael F, Schatten Heather T, Haradhvala Natasha, Miller Ivan W
Butler Hospital and The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University.
Curr Opin Psychol. 2015 Aug 1;4:21-25. doi: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2015.01.002.
Ecological momentary assessment (EMA) is one research method increasingly employed to better understand the processes that underpin depression and related phenomena. In particular, EMA is well suited to the study of affect (e.g., positive and negative affect), affective responses to stress (e.g., emotion reactivity), and behaviors (e.g., activity level, sleep) that are associated with depression. Additionally, EMA can provide insights into self-harm behavior (i.e. suicide and non-suicidal self-injury), and other mood disorders (e.g. bipolar disorder) commonly associated with depressive episodes. Given the increasing availability and affordability of handheld computing devices such as smartphones, EMA is likely to play an increasingly important role in the study of depression and related phenomena in the future.
生态瞬时评估（EMA）是一种越来越多地被用于更好地理解构成抑郁症及相关现象基础的过程的研究方法。特别是，EMA非常适合于研究与抑郁症相关的情感（如积极和消极情感）、对应激的情感反应（如情绪反应性）以及行为（如活动水平、睡眠）。此外，EMA还可以深入了解自我伤害行为（即自杀和非自杀性自我伤害）以及其他通常与抑郁发作相关的情绪障碍（如双相情感障碍）。鉴于智能手机等手持计算设备的可用性和可承受性不断提高，EMA未来可能在抑郁症及相关现象的研究中发挥越来越重要的作用。
