Table 2. Methodological details by study.
| Study | N | Reports per day* # of days |
Mean reports per participant in analyses | When Q data were collected (in relation to ESM) | Time described in ESM reports | Reliabilities < .65 | Adjectives per trait | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q | ESM | Q | ESM | ||||||
| 1. ESM Situations | 26 | 4*14 | 37.3 | beginning | last ½ hour | E,C | A | 3 | 3 |
| 2. ESM Standard 1 | 41 | 5*13 | 44.8 | end | last hour | none | ES | 6 | 4 |
| 3. ESM Standard 2 | 30 | 5*14 | 44.2 | beginning | last hour | none | none | 5 | 5 |
| 4. ESM Goals 1 | 36 | 5*13 | 33.1 | beginning | last 3 hours | E,A | A,C | 3 | 3 |
| 5. ESM Goals 2 | 28 | 7*7 | 32.6 | beginning | last hour | none | none | 6 | 3 |
| 6. ESM Sits. Long | 47 | 5*35 | 95.6 | beginning | last ½ hour | C | E,C,ES | 6 | 3 |
| 7. ESM Adolescence | 21 | 5*14 | 30.2 | end | last hour | C,I | ES | 4 | 4 |
| 8. ESM Opposites | 12 | 5*21 | 45.0 | 2 months prior | last 3 hours | none | C | 6 | 6 |
| 9. Weekly | 63 | 1 per week | 9.8 | beginning | last week | none | none | 5 | 5 |
| 10. ESM Extraversion | 21 | 5*12 | 29.5 | beginning | last 20 minutes | I | none | 5 | 5 |
| 11. ESM Triple Length | 13 | 5*up to 54 | 169.9 | 4-6 weeks prior | last 3 hours | none | E,ES,I | 5 | 4 |
| 12. ESM Adulthood | 62 | 5*10 | 37.8 | various | last hour | none | E,C | 12 | 3 |
| 13. ESM Defined | 21 | 5*21 | 65.7 | beginning | last 3 hours | I | I | 5 | 5 |
| 14. ESM lab | 44 | 2 per week | 19.3 | beginning | last 20 minutes | A,C,ES | ES | 5 | 5 |
| 15. ESM Standard 3 | 30 | 5*21 | 73.2 | beginning | last 3 hours | none | none | 5 | 5 |
Note. Reports per day and # of days refers to the scheduled number of reports and length of the study. Q = questionnaires, and ESM = Experience sampling reports. The reliabilities column indicates which traits had reliabilities less than .65, if any.