Tyler Kimberly A, Olson Kristen
Department of Sociology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA.
Field methods. 2018 May 1;30(2):91-104. doi: 10.1177/1525822x18762111. Epub 2018 Apr 16.
We assessed the feasibility of ecological momentary assessment using short message service (SMS) surveying with 150 homeless youth. We found that on average, participants completed 18.8 days of texts, but 30% of youth ( = 44) had texting data on 28 or more days. The average number of texts answered per day was 8.49 (of a possible 11). Forty-three percent of days had answers to all 11 texts sent that day, and 69.4% of days had answers to eight or more texts. We found significant differences in response rates by phone type. Seventy-three percent of youth reported that responding to our texts was very easy or somewhat easy and 69% endorsed the response option "just enough," regarding the number of texts sent per day. The 30-day texting period was deemed "about right" by 74% of youth. Details of using SMS with homeless youth are provided, and results indicate that this data collection technique is feasible with this population.
我们评估了通过短信调查对150名无家可归青少年进行生态瞬时评估的可行性。我们发现，参与者平均完成了18.8天的短信回复，但30%的青少年（n = 44）有28天或更多天数的短信回复数据。每天回复的短信平均数量为8.49条（可能的11条中）。43%的日子里，当天发送的所有11条短信都得到了回复，69.4%的日子里有8条或更多短信得到了回复。我们发现不同手机类型的回复率存在显著差异。73%的青少年表示回复我们的短信非常容易或有点容易，69%的人认可每天发送的短信数量为“刚刚好”这一回复选项。74%的青少年认为30天的短信回复期“差不多合适”。文中提供了对无家可归青少年使用短信的详细情况，结果表明这种数据收集技术对这一群体是可行的。
