Observational studyChild and adolescent mental health2026
Advancing the measurement of psychotherapy outcomes for youth with irritability using in vivo ecological momentary assessment: an exploratory observational study.
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- Evaluating psychometric validity of ecological momentary assessment for youth irritability.Journal of affective disorders · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundEcological momentary assessment (EMA) can reveal naturalistic within-person changes in symptoms and behaviors, essential for examining psychotherapy's effectiveness. However, no prior study has leveraged EMA to assess real-time, naturalistic changes of clinical symptoms during psychotherapy in youth with clinically impairing irritability. The present study uses EMA to assess changes in both child-reported irritability symptoms and caregiver-reported parental behaviors over the course of treatment, as well as to explore real-time associations between changes in parental behaviors and youth symptoms.
methodHere, in an observational analysis, a total of 39 youth (M
resultsResults from multilevel modeling showed that both youth and parents reported a statistically significant decrease in real-time irritability symptoms over the course of treatment (βs ≤ -.27, ps ≤ .02). Parents reported a statistically significant increase in adaptive parental behaviors as taught during the PMT portion of treatment (βs ≥ |.22|, ps < .04). Furthermore, statistically significant associations were found between increased levels of adaptive parental behaviors and decreased levels of youth irritability symptoms.
conclusionThis study supports the utility of EMA in measuring psychotherapy symptom progress, outcomes, and change in therapy-targeted behavior. Results suggest that parental behavior could play a substantively important role in the treatment of youth with irritability.
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