A Review of Explicit and Implicit Assumptions When Providing Personalized Feedback Based on EMA Data.

Leertouwer, I; Aoj, Cramer; Jk, Vermunt; Nk, Schuurman

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“…Another example of specific RA is to ask participants explicitly to estimate distributions of their experiences (Leertouwer et al, 2021). This procedure should encourage participants to consider experiences of all valences in their subset of remembered experiences.…”

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Are retrospective assessments means of people’s experiences? Accounting for interpersonal and intrapersonal variability when comparing retrospective assessment data to ecological momentary assessment data.

Leertouwer

Schuurman

Vermunt

2022

jpor

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Retrospective Assessment (RA) scores are often found to be higher than the mean of Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) scores about a concurrent period. This difference is generally interpreted as bias towards salient experiences in RA. During RA participants are often asked to summarize their experiences in unspecific terms, leaving room for personal interpretation. As a result, participants may use various strategies to summarize their experiences. In this study, we reanalyzed an existing dataset (N = 92) using a repeated N = 1 approach. We assessed for each participant whether it was likely that their RA score was an approximation of the mean of their experiences as captured by their EMA scores. We found considerable interpersonal differences in the difference between EMA scores and RA scores, as well as some extreme cases. Furthermore, for a considerable part of the sample (n = 46 for positive affect, n = 56 for negative affect), we did not reject the null hypothesis that their RA score represented the mean of their experiences as captured by their EMA scores. We conclude that in its current unspecific form RA may facilitate bias, although not for everyone. Future studies may determine whether differences between RA and EMA are mitigated using more specific forms of RA, while acknowledging interindividual differences.

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Are retrospective assessments means of people’s experiences? Accounting for interpersonal and intrapersonal variability when comparing retrospective assessment data to ecological momentary assessment data.

Leertouwer

Schuurman

Vermunt

2022

jpor

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Are Retrospective Assessments Means of People’s Experiences? Accounting for Interpersonal and Intrapersonal Variability when Comparing Retrospective Assessment Data to Ecological Momentary Assessment Data

Leertouwer¹,

Schuurman²,

Vermunt³

2021

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Retrospective Assessment (RA) scores are often found to be higher than the mean of Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) scores about a concurrent period. This difference is generally interpreted as bias towards salient experiences in RA. During RA, participants are often asked to summarize their experiences in unspecific terms, which may indeed facilitate bias. At least in this unspecific form, the summary that participants apply to their remembered experiences can take many different forms. In this study, we reanalyzed an existing dataset (N = 92) using a repeated N = 1 approach. We reported on interindividual differences between EMA data and RA score, and assessed for each participant whether it was likely that their RA score was an approximation of the mean of their experiences as captured by their EMA data. We found considerable interpersonal differences in the difference between EMA scores and RA scores, as well as some extreme cases. Furthermore, for a considerable part of the sample (n = 46 for positive affect, n = 60 for negative affect), we did not reject the null hypothesis that their RA score represented the mean of their experiences as captured by their EMA data. We conclude that in its current unspecific form, RA may facilitate bias, although not for everyone. Future studies may determine whether more specific forms of RA reduce bias, while acknowledging interindividual differences.

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A Review of Explicit and Implicit Assumptions When Providing Personalized Feedback Based on EMA Data.

Cited by 2 publications

References 72 publications

Are retrospective assessments means of people’s experiences? Accounting for interpersonal and intrapersonal variability when comparing retrospective assessment data to ecological momentary assessment data.

Are retrospective assessments means of people’s experiences? Accounting for interpersonal and intrapersonal variability when comparing retrospective assessment data to ecological momentary assessment data.

Are Retrospective Assessments Means of People’s Experiences? Accounting for Interpersonal and Intrapersonal Variability when Comparing Retrospective Assessment Data to Ecological Momentary Assessment Data

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