Department of Psychology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
Psychophysiology. 2024 Dec;61(12):e14699. doi: 10.1111/psyp.14699. Epub 2024 Oct 4.
Recent advancements in methodologies such as ecological momentary assessment (EMA) and ambulatory physiology devices have enhanced our ability to measure emotions experienced in daily life. Despite the feasibility of EMA for assessing children's and youth's emotional self-reports, the feasibility of combining it with physiological measurements in a real-life context has yet to be established. Our scoping review evaluates the feasibility and usability of implementing emotional and physiological EMA in children and youth. Due to the complexities of physiological EMA data, this review also synthesized existing methodological and statistical practices of existing studies. Following the PRISMA-ScR guidelines, we searched and screened PsycINFO, PubMed, and Web of Science electronic databases for studies that assessed children's and youth's subjective emotions and cardiac or electrodermal physiological responses outside the laboratory. Our initial search resulted in 4174 studies, 13 of which were included in our review. Findings showed significant variability in the feasibility of physiological EMA, with physiology device wear-time averaging 58.77% of study periods and data loss due to quality issues ranging from 0.2% to 77% across signals. Compliance for emotional EMA was approximately 60% of study periods when combined with physiological EMA. The review points to a lack of standardized procedures in physiological EMA and suggests a need for guidelines in designing, processing, and analyzing such data collected in real-life contexts. We offer recommendations to enhance participant engagement and develop standard practices for employing physiological EMA with children and youth for emotion, developmental, and psychophysiology researchers.
最近，在生态瞬间评估（EMA）和动态生理设备等方法方面的进展提高了我们在日常生活中测量情感体验的能力。尽管 EMA 可以用于评估儿童和青少年的情绪自我报告，但在真实环境中结合生理测量的可行性尚未得到证实。我们的范围审查评估了在儿童和青少年中实施情绪和生理 EMA 的可行性和可用性。由于生理 EMA 数据的复杂性，本综述还综合了现有研究中现有的方法学和统计实践。根据 PRISMA-ScR 指南，我们在 PsycINFO、PubMed 和 Web of Science 电子数据库中搜索和筛选了评估儿童和青少年主观情绪以及心脏或皮肤电生理反应的实验室外研究。我们的初步搜索产生了 4174 项研究，其中 13 项被纳入我们的综述。研究结果表明，生理 EMA 的可行性存在显著差异，生理设备佩戴时间平均占研究期的 58.77%，由于质量问题导致的数据丢失范围从 0.2%到 77%，具体取决于信号。当将情绪 EMA 与生理 EMA 结合使用时，遵守率约为研究期的 60%。该综述指出生理 EMA 缺乏标准化程序，并建议在设计、处理和分析此类在现实环境中收集的数据时制定指南。我们提出了一些建议，以增强参与者的参与度，并为儿童和青少年情绪、发展和心理生理学研究制定使用生理 EMA 的标准实践。
