Updated third edition covering every step of Experience Sampling Method research
As obvious as it may sound, the essence of human experience — our thoughts, emotions, behaviours and social interactions — plays out in the course of everyday life.
Experience Sampling Methodology (ESM) is the gold standard for studying people’s experiences in their everyday environments. In this third edition of The Open Handbook, experts from the Center for Research on Experience Sampling and Ambulatory Methods Leuven (REAL) provide up-to-date, empirically based advice for designing, conducting and analysing ESM studies.
This comprehensive guide walks readers through every step of ESM research: from formulating research questions and optimally designing ESM studies and questionnaires, to addressing ethical considerations and practical issues such as power calculations, software choices and briefing/debriefing procedures. It also covers preprocessing and analysing intensive longitudinal data and explores future applications of ESM.
Each chapter of this third edition has been updated with the latest methodological developments and insights, and a new chapter on dyadic ESM research has been added. Ideal for both novice and expert researchers, this handbook is an invaluable resource for anyone embarking on ESM research.
About the Author :
Inez Myin-Germeys is a psychologist and professor of Contextual Psychiatry at KU Leuven where she heads the Center for Contextual Psychiatry. Her research focuses on the interaction between the person and the environment in the development and maintenance of psychopathology in general, and psychosis in particular. Peter Kuppens is professor of Psychology at the Research Group of Quantitative Psychology and Individual Differences at KU Leuven. His research focuses on the nature, regulation, and dynamics of emotional experience both within and between individuals, and how these relate to psychological well-being and mood disorder.
Review :
The Open Handbook of Experience Sampling Methodology combines scientific rigour and practical guidance. This clearly written handbook, edited by Inez Myin-Germeys and Peter Kuppens, brings together years of collective ESM expertise supporting both new and experienced researchers. This third edition serves as an expert companion, guiding its readers through the theory, application, and implementation of ESM. - Harriëtte Riese, University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG)
The advent of smartphones, apps and wearables has ultimately integrated real-life and real-time methodology, such as the Experience Sampling Methodology (ESM), into the toolbox of psychological science. Whereas books on how to analyze intensive longitudinal data are numerous, wisdom on designing ESM studies was for a long time only transferred by word-of-mouths from senior experts to their PhD students. The Open Handbook of Experience Sampling Methodology closes this gap entirely. As a step-by-step guide, the book paves the way on all elementary questions, like assessment frequency, sampling scheme, questionnaire density, ethical questions, and debriefing, to name a few. This handbook will be an abundant resource in educating upcoming generations. - Ulrich Ebner-Priemer, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
