Table 1.
EMA peer-reviewed psychological studies using smartphone apps.
| References | Assessment target | App | Sensors | Tailoring |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burns et al., 2011a | Depressive symptoms | Custom built | x | x |
| Palmier-Claus et al., 2012 | Psychotic symptoms | Custom built | ||
| Bossman et al., 2013 | Affect and physical activity | Movisens | x | |
| von Haaren et al., 2013 | Affect and physical activity | Movisens | x | |
| Walter et al., 2013 | Mood and physical activity | Movisens | ||
| Runyan et al., 2013 | Time-management | iHabit | ||
| Kirk et al., 2013 | Illicit drug use | eMOCHA | ||
| MacKerron and Mourato, 2013 | Happiness | Mappiness | ||
| Dunton et al., 2013b | Affect and physical activity amongst children | Custom built | x | |
| Watkins et al., 2014 | Urges to smoke and location during attempts to quit smoking | Custom built | x | |
| Khor et al., 2014 | Coping, behavior and emotion problems amongst adolescents with high-functioning autism | Mobiletype | ||
| Garcia-Palacios et al., 2014 | Chronic pain in fibromyalgia | Custom built | ||
| Adams et al., 2014 | Stress | SESAME | ||
| Randall et al., 2014 | Emotion, regulation strategies and music listening | MuPsych | ||
| Gonzalez and Dulin, 2015 | Alcohol use disorders | LBMI-A | ||
| Ottaviani et al., 2015 | Mind-wandering and cognitive rigidity | SurveyPocket and KoBo | x | |
| Bleidorn and Denissen, 2015 | Virtues | Movisens |
These studies were located by searching Pubmed.com, and publications from peer-reviewed psychology journals listed in Scholar.google.com, up to February 27th, 2015 (search terms: “ecological momentary assessment” and “smartphone”).
In the Burns et al. (2011) study, depressive symptoms were assessed in order to predict mood for the purposes of tailoring when coping strategies were delivered. Thus, this was an EMA/I study.
Dunton et al. (2013) used custom software downloaded onto a mobile phone rather than a standard smartphone app.