Constructing a Reward-Related Quality of Life Statistic in Daily Life—a Proof of Concept Study Using Positive Affect

Frontiers in Psychology

Simone J. W. Verhagen¹ 

关键词: quality of life;    experience sampling;    reward;    monte carlo simulations;    behavior setting;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01917

学科分类：心理学（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Background: Mental healthcare needs person-tailored interventions. Experience Sampling Method (ESM) can provide daily life monitoring of personal experiences. This study aims to operationalize and test a measure of momentary reward-related Quality of Life (rQoL). Intuitively, quality of life improves by spending more time on rewarding experiences. ESM clinical interventions can use this information to coach patients to find a realistic, optimal balance of positive experiences (maximize reward) in daily life. rQoL combines the frequency of engaging in a relevant context (a ‘behavior setting’) with concurrent (positive) affect. High rQoL occurs when the most frequent behavior settings are combined with positive affect or infrequent behavior settings co-occur with low positive affect.

【 授权许可】

CC BY