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Ecological Momentary Assessment and Mood Disorders in Children and Adolescents: a Systematic Review.
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23 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Readdressing the Ongoing Challenge of Missing Data in Youth Ecological Momentary Assessment Studies: Meta-Analysis Update.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Pooled it
- The Use of Mobile Assessments for Monitoring Mental Health in Youth: Umbrella Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Pooled it
- Compliance With Mobile Ecological Momentary Assessment of Self-Reported Health-Related Behaviors and Psychological Constructs in Adults: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2021Pooled it
- Content validity and methodological considerations in ecological momentary assessment studies on physical activity and sedentary behaviour: a systematic review.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2020Pooled it
- Feasibility and Acceptability of a Smartphone and Wearable Assessment Protocol for Adolescents with Depression.Research on child and adolescent psychopathology · 2026Article
- Real-time Ecological Assessment of the Context of mental and physical Health (REACH) on Curious.Research square · 2025Article
- Smartphone Ecological Momentary Assessment and Wearable Activity Tracking in Pediatric Depression: Cohort Study.JMIR formative research · 2025Article
- Momentary Associations Across Specific Affective States and Dysregulated Eating Experiences Among Children and Adolescents With Loss of Control Eating Symptoms.The International journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Back to Normal? Harnessing Long Short-term Memory Network to Examine the Associations Between Adolescent Social Interactions and Depressive Symptoms During Different Stages of COVID-19.Research on child and adolescent psychopathology · 2024Article
- Identifying factors impacting missingness within smartphone-based research: Implications for intensive longitudinal studies of adolescent suicidal thoughts and behaviors.Journal of psychopathology and clinical science · 2024Article
- Mood variability during adolescent development and its relation to sleep and brain development.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- "not one size fits all" The challenges of measuring paediatric health-related quality of life and the potential role of digital ecological momentary assessment: a qualitative study.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2024Article
- Real-world adolescent smartphone use is associated with improvements in mood: An ecological momentary assessment study.PloS one · 2024Article
- Social interpretation inflexibility moderates emotional reactions to social situations in children and adolescents.Development and psychopathology · 2023Article
- Inhibitory control and mood in relation to psychological resilience: an ecological momentary assessment study.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Reinventing mental health care in youth through mobile approaches: Current status and future steps.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Design of a clinical trial to isolate the experience of food insecurity and elucidate the biological mechanisms of risk for childhood health outcomes.Contemporary clinical trials · 2022Article
- Prevention and early intervention of depression in young people: an integrated narrative review of affective awareness and Ecological Momentary Assessment.BMC psychology · 2021Review
- Maternal Depression History Moderates the Association Between Criticism (but not Praise) and Depressive Symptoms in Youth.Research on child and adolescent psychopathology · 2021Article
- Ecological Momentary Mood, Resilience, and Mental Health Status as Predictors of Quality of Life Among Young Adults Under Stress: A Structural Equation Modeling Analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Article
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Abstract
purpose of reviewThe aim of the present review is to systematically examine published data regarding ecological momentary assessment (EMA) in children and adolescents with mood disorders. RECENT
findingsEMA is increasingly used to collect participant's information in their real environment and in real time. There are multiple studies focused on the evaluation of mood disorders in children and adolescents, but only a few of them used EMA protocols. Results found in this review showed a wide variability of works with different fields of study, methodological approaches, and EMA protocols. More than 60% of EMA studies in children and adolescents with mood disorders were conducted via phone call, showing high completion rates with data missing in 5 to 11.5% of the calls. Length of studies varied from a 4-day EMA protocol to a maximum of 8 weeks. Positive and negative affect, daily activities, and social context were the main EMA measures. Despite the limited number of studies using EMA in children and adolescents with mood disorders, EMA was useful in assessing mood symptoms in the moment and in patients' real-life environment. Studies also showed high completion and satisfaction rates. Although web pages and apps use have been increasing over the past years, the evidence base is still scarce. Future studies can facilitate understanding of EMA methodology among youth with mood disorders.
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