The Questionable Ecological Validity of Ecological Momentary Assessment: Considerations for Design and Analysis

被引：71

作者：

Ram, Nilam ^{[1
,2
]}

Brinberg, Miriam ^{[1
]}

Pincus, Aaron L. ^{[1
]}

Conroy, David E. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Penn State Univ, University Pk, PA 16802 USA

[2] German Inst Econ Res DIW, Berlin, Germany

来源：

RESEARCH IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT | 2017年 / 14卷 / 03期

关键词：

TIME; SEQUENCE; LIFE; BEHAVIOR;

D O I：

10.1080/15427609.2017.1340052

中图分类号：

B844 [发展心理学（人类心理学）];

学科分类号：

040202 ;

摘要：

Experience sampling, diary, ecological momentary assessment, ambulatory monitoring, and related methods are part of a research tradition aimed at capturing the ongoing stream of individuals' behavior in real-world situations. By design, these approaches prioritize ecological validity. This article examines how the purported ecological validity these study designs provide may be compromised during data analysis. After briefly outlining the benefits of ecological momentary assessment-type designs, the authors highlight design issues that threaten ecological validity, illustrate how the typical multilevel analysis of ecological momentary assessment-type data can compromise generalizability to real-life, and consider how unobtrusive monitoring and person-specific analysis may provide for more precise descriptions of individuals' actual human ecology.

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页码：253 / 270

页数：18