Ruprecht Karls University of Heidelberg, Germany.
DIPF-Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Assessment. 2023 Apr;30(3):825-846. doi: 10.1177/10731911211067538. Epub 2022 Jan 11.
Ecological Momentary Assessments (i.e., EMA, repeated assessments in daily life) are widespread in many fields of psychology and related disciplines. Yet, little knowledge exists on how differences in study designs and samples predict study compliance and dropout-two central parameters of data quality in (micro-)longitudinal research. The current meta-analysis included k = 477 articles (496 samples, total = 677,536). For each article, we coded the design, sample characteristics, compliance, and dropout rate. The results showed that on average EMA studies scheduled six assessments per day, lasted for 7 days, and obtained a compliance of 79%. Studies with more assessments per day scheduled fewer assessment days, yet, the number of assessments did not predict compliance or dropout rates. Compliance was significantly higher in studies providing financial incentives. Otherwise, design or sample characteristics had little effects. We discuss the implications of the findings for planning, reporting, and reviewing EMA studies.
生态瞬时评估(即 EMA,日常生活中的重复评估)在心理学及相关学科的许多领域都得到了广泛应用。然而,对于研究设计和样本差异如何预测研究依从性和辍学率(微观纵向研究中的两个核心数据质量参数),我们的了解甚少。本元分析共纳入 k = 477 篇文章(496 个样本,总样本量为 677536)。我们对每篇文章的设计、样本特征、依从性和辍学率进行了编码。结果表明,平均而言,EMA 研究每天安排 6 次评估,持续 7 天,依从率为 79%。每天安排更多评估的研究评估天数更少,但评估次数并未预测依从率或辍学率。提供经济激励的研究中,依从性显著更高。除此之外,设计或样本特征的影响很小。我们讨论了这些发现对 EMA 研究的规划、报告和审查的意义。
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