That Which Is Measured Improves”: An Integrative Review Of The Role Of Self-monitoring In Symptom Self-management And Behavior Change.

Abstract

Abstract:Current psychological treatment approaches that rely on time-intensive, face-to-face psychotherapy are not capable of meeting the demand for mental health services. Mental health interventions that promote selfregulation and self-management of symptoms will play an increasingly important role in the well-being of millions of individuals. Self-monitoring is a core assessment and intervention component of many mental health interventions and an obligatory first step in the self-regulation process. The present paper reviews prominent theories of self-regulation and describes classic studies spanning clinical, social, cognitive, and personality psychology, which identify potential mechanisms underlying self-monitoring. At the empirical level, we describe the use of self-monitoring across a range of behavioral interventions directed at mental health and physical outcomes, identify factors that influence the effects of self-monitoring, and suggest ways in which technology can be incorporated into these interventions to improve the reach of psychological interventions.

Testing a mindfulness meditation mobile app for the treatment of sleep-related symptoms in adults with sleep disturbance: A randomized controlled trial

“…The Core Consensus Diary is associated with validated retrospective self-report measures of insomnia severity (e.g., Insomnia Severity Index) as well as with prospective objective measures (e.g., actigraphy), can effectively distinguish between good and sleepers and those with insomnia, and is sensitive to treatment-related improvements in sleep [ 40 ]. Self-monitoring or tracking has been known to act as an intervention and may impact behavior [ 41 , 42 ]; therefore, we chose not to ask the wait-list control group to keep daily sleep diaries. Each day during the eight-week intervention, intervention group participants completed sleep diary entries regarding their sleep the previous night.…”

Digitale Selbstbeobachtung der körperlichen Aktivität in der Adipositastherapie – ein Review zum Einsatz von Aktivitätstrackern

“…Während es bereits digitale Gesundheitsanwendungen (DiGA) für die Behandlung von Adipositas mit einem ernährungsbezogenen Fokus gibt, fehlen noch diese für den Bereich Bewegung und Aktivität [11]. Durch die Verknüpfung theoretischen, in Schulungen vermittelten Wissens und der praktischen Anwendung der Selbstbeobachtung könnten langfristige Verhaltensänderungen auch bezüglich der körperlichen Aktivität erreicht werden [12]. Entsprechend eröffnet sich das Potential, das mobile Aktivitätstracker zur Steigerung der körperlichen Aktivität und Gewichtsreduktion unterstützend eingesetzt werden können.…”

Does Reducing Social Media Use Have an Effect on Loneliness and Social Comparisons?

“…Thus, it is possible that daily self-monitoring of SMU that was also required for controls led to a reduction in social comparisons by making them more aware of their SMU, which in turn, may have reduced their social comparisons. Previous research also demonstrates that increased selfmonitoring can lead to behaviour changes and motivational changes as one of the main strengths of self-monitoring is that it increases awareness, curiosity and consciousness within the user (Burgard, & Gallagher, 2006;Chen et al, 2017). An alternative explanation is that it is also possible that social comparisons may have decreased naturally over time for all participants, regardless of monitoring.…”