ReviewThe International journal of eating disorders2019
Moving beyond self-report data collection in the natural environment: A review of the past and future directions for ambulatory assessment in eating disorders.
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- Next Steps in Use of the Eating Disorder Examination and Related Eating Disorder Assessments: A Call for Consensus.The International journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Using machine learning with passive wearable sensors to pilot the detection of eating disorder behaviors in everyday life.Psychological medicine · 2024Article
- State-level working memory and dysregulated eating in children and adolescents: An exploratory ecological momentary assessment study.The International journal of eating disorders · 2024Article
- Evaluation of Pressing Issues in Ecological Momentary Assessment.Annual review of clinical psychology · 2023Review
- Real-time versus retrospective self-report assessment of loss-of-control eating in adults undergoing bariatric surgery.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2023Article
- Relationships between personality traits and disordered eating among Chinese female exercisers: the role of symptoms of exercise dependence and obsessive-compulsiveness.Journal of eating disorders · 2022Article
- Measuring exercise in eating disorder patients: a Delphi study to aggregate clinical and research knowledge.Journal of eating disorders · 2022Article
- Loss-of-Control Eating and Cardiometabolic Health in Relation to Overweight and Obesity.Current diabetes reports · 2022Review
- Applying User-Centered Design Methods to Understand Users' Day-to-Day Experiences Can Inform a Mobile Intervention for Binge Eating and Weight Management.Frontiers in digital health · 2021Article
- Emotional eating in healthy individuals and patients with an eating disorder: evidence from psychometric, experimental and naturalistic studies.The Proceedings of the Nutrition Society · 2020Review
- The role of affect in the maintenance of binge-eating disorder: Evidence from an ecological momentary assessment study.Journal of abnormal psychology · 2020Article
- Introduction to the special issue on advancing assessment of, and interventions for, eating disorders via innovative uses of technology.The International journal of eating disorders · 2019Article
- A developmental framework of binge-eating disorder based on pediatric loss of control eating.The American psychologistArticle
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Abstract
objectiveIn recent years, ecological momentary assessment (EMA) has been used to repeatedly assess eating disorder (ED) symptoms in naturalistic settings, which has allowed for increased understanding of temporal processes that potentiate ED behaviors. However, there remain notable limitations of self-report EMA, and with the rapid proliferation of technology there are ever-increasing possibilities to improve ambulatory assessment methods to further the understanding and treatment of EDs. Therefore, the purpose of this review was to (a) systematically review the studies in EDs that have utilized ambulatory assessment methods other than self-report, and (b) provide directions for future research and clinical applications.
methodA systematic literature search of electronic databases was conducted, and data regarding study characteristics and methodological quality were extracted.
resultsThe search identified 17 studies that used ambulatory assessment methods to gather objective data, and focused primarily on autonomic functioning, physical activity, and cognitive processes in ED and control groups. DISCUSSION: Together the literature demonstrates the promise of using a range of ecologically valid ambulatory assessment approaches in EDs, though there remains limited research that has utilized methods other than self-report (e.g., wearable sensors), particularly in recent years. Going forward, there are several technology-enhanced momentary assessment methods that have potential to improve the understanding and treatment of EDs.
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