Department of Psychology, University of Georgia.
Psychol Assess. 2019 Mar;31(3):304-317. doi: 10.1037/pas0000651.
Psychophysiological assessment is a core method used in psychopathology research that has led to important insights in relation to the etiology and maintenance of many disorders. However, laboratory psychophysiology has limited ecological validity. This limitation has resulted in the field moving toward ambulatory recordings of psychophysiology paired with ecological momentary assessment (EMA). This review uses the results of a comprehensive review of EMA psychophysiology studies to discuss applications, advantages, limitations, and future use of this methodology, including electrocardiography, blood pressure, electroencephalography, and more. Mobile psychophysiology has several advantages, including ecological validity, temporal precision, and concurrent evaluation of internally and externally generated contexts that influence physiological response. However, it is limited by the difficulty of conducting such studies and reduced experimental control. Future research using EMA psychophysiology should aim to record over longer periods, better integrate with everyday life, determine the utility of ecological momentary interventions based on psychophysiology, create guidelines for standardization, and aim to establish reliability and validity. EMA psychophysiology is a promising direction for the field and provides novel avenues for research and treatment of psychopathology, although methodological shortcomings must be addressed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved).
心理生理学评估是精神病理学研究中使用的一种核心方法，它为许多障碍的病因和维持提供了重要的见解。然而，实验室心理生理学的生态效度有限。这一局限性导致该领域转向与生态瞬时评估（EMA）相结合的心理生理学的动态记录。本综述使用对 EMA 心理生理学研究的全面综述的结果，讨论了这种方法的应用、优点、局限性和未来用途，包括心电图、血压、脑电图等。移动心理生理学具有几个优点，包括生态效度、时间精度以及同时评估影响生理反应的内部和外部生成的上下文。然而，它受到进行此类研究的难度和实验控制减少的限制。未来使用 EMA 心理生理学的研究应旨在记录更长的时间，更好地与日常生活相结合，根据心理生理学确定生态瞬时干预的效用，制定标准化指南，并努力建立可靠性和有效性。EMA 心理生理学是该领域很有前途的一个方向，为精神病理学的研究和治疗提供了新的途径，尽管必须解决方法上的缺点。（PsycINFO 数据库记录（c）2019 APA，保留所有权利）。
