Reported Affect Changes as a Function of Response Delay: Findings From a Pooled Dataset of Nine Experience Sampling Studies

Frontiers in Psychology

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Gudrun Eisele¹  Hugo Vachon¹  Inez Myin-Germeys¹  Wolfgang Viechtbauer¹ 

[1] Department of Neurosciences, Center for Contextual Psychiatry;Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Maastricht University

关键词: experience sampling;    ecological momentary assessment;    response delay;    response latency;    ambulatory assessment;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2021.580684

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Delayed responses are a common phenomenon in experience sampling studies. Yet no consensus exists on whether they should be excluded from the analysis or what the threshold for exclusion should be. Delayed responses could introduce bias, but previous investigations of systematic differences between delayed and timely responses have offered unclear results. To investigate differences as a function of delay, we conducted secondary analyses of nine paper and pencil based experience sampling studies including 1,528 individuals with different clinical statuses. In all participants, there were significant decreases in positive and increases in negative affect as a function of delay. In addition, delayed answers of participants without depression showed higher within-person variability and an initial strengthening in the relationships between contextual stress and affect. Participants with depression mostly showed the opposite pattern. Delayed responses seem qualitatively different from timely responses. Further research is needed to understand the mechanisms underlying these differences.

【 授权许可】

CC BY