SynthesisAssessment2023
Ecological Momentary Assessment: A Meta-Analysis on Designs, Samples, and Compliance Across Research Fields.
Synthesis in Assessment, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 249 papers, 13 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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249 citing papers in PubMed, 13 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- A Systematic Review of Ecological Momentary Assessment for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.Journal of clinical psychology · 2026Pooled it
- Compliance With Ecological Momentary Assessment Among Patients With Cancer: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Pooled it
- A Health-Related Digital Ecological Momentary Assessment in Children (Aged 5- 11 Years): Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Pooled it
- Real-time experience: A systematic review of ecological momentary assessments of everyday functioning in major depressive disorder.Australian occupational therapy journal · 2026Pooled it
- Remote Measurement-Based Care Interventions for Mental Health: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.JMIR mental health · 2026Pooled it
- Dropout, Attrition, Adherence, and Compliance in Mood Monitoring and Ambulatory Assessment Studies for Depression and Bipolar Disorder: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.JMIR mental health · 2026Pooled it
- Adverse Events of Mood Monitoring and Ambulatory Assessment in Depression and Bipolar Disorder: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.JMIR mental health · 2025Pooled it
- A systematic review of ecological momentary assessment in autism research.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2025Pooled it
- Readdressing the Ongoing Challenge of Missing Data in Youth Ecological Momentary Assessment Studies: Meta-Analysis Update.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Pooled it
- Positive changes in daily life? A meta-analysis of positive psychological ecological momentary interventions.Applied psychology. Health and well-being · 2025Pooled it
- Naturalistic assessments across the lifespan: Systematic review of inhibition measures in ecological settings.Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews · 2024Pooled it
- Studies of Social Anxiety Using Ambulatory Assessment: Systematic Review.JMIR mental health · 2024Pooled it
- Methodological Characteristics and Feasibility of Ecological Momentary Assessment Studies in Psychosis: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Schizophrenia bulletin · 2024Pooled it
- Event-Informed Systematic Self-Reflections and Stress Reactivity Among Emerging Adults: Insights From an Ecological Momentary Assessment Experiment.Stress and health : journal of the International Society for the Investigation of Stress · 2026Trial
- The same, only different: Smartphone-based dietary Ecological Momentary Assessment tools vary in complexity, usability and active information processing.British journal of health psychology · 2026Trial
- Enhancing group lifestyle intervention for depression with ecological momentary assessment: a pilot randomized controlled trial.Scientific reports · 2025Trial
- Smartphone-Based Mindfulness and Mentalization Ecological Momentary Interventions for Common Mental Health Problems: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR mental health · 2025Trial
- Balancing burden and resolution: Effects of EMA survey schedule on compliance and study evaluation in suicide-focused research.Journal of psychiatric research · 2026Article
- Predictors of affect across social contexts: An integration of existing diary datasets.The British journal of social psychology · 2026Article
- Workaholism as a neglected risk factor for unhealthy aging: implications for the Semmelweis-EUniWell Workplace Health Promotion Program.GeroScience · 2026Article
189 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
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
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