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Open AccessCan you tell people’s cognitive ability level from their response patterns in questionnaires?
Questionnaires are ever present in survey research. In this study, we examined whether an indirect indicator of general cognitive ability could be developed based on response patterns in questionnaires. We dre...
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Open AccessResponse times in Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA): shedding light on the response process with a drift diffusion model
Mental processes underlying people’s responses to Ecological Momentary Assessments (EMA) have rarely been studied. In cognitive psychology, one of the most popular and successful mental process models is the drif...
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Open AccessJust-in-time adaptive ecological momentary assessment (JITA-EMA)
Interest in just-in-time adaptive interventions (JITAI) has rapidly increased in recent years. One core challenge for JITAI is the efficient and precise measurement of tailoring variables that are used to info...
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Open AccessA population-based investigation of participation rate and self-selection bias in momentary data capture and survey studies
Participant selection bias is of concern to researchers conducting surveys of all types. For momentary data capture studies, such as Ecological Momentary Assessment, the level of burden associated with these t...
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Vague Quantifiers Demonstrate Little Susceptibility to Frame of Reference Effects
Comparison standards that people use when responding to survey questions, also called Frames of Reference (FoRs), can influence the validity of self-report responses. The effects of FoRs might be the strongest...
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Age Effects of Frames of Reference in Self-Reports of Health, Well-Being, Fatigue and Pain
Self-reports of health and well-being are central for population monitoring, so it is paramount that they are measured accurately. The goal of this study was to examine the impact of age on the use of the comp...
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Open AccessDo people with arthritis differ from healthy controls in their internal comparison standards for self-reports of health, fatigue, and pain?
Patient-reported outcomes are central for the assessment and treatment of people with chronic disease. The primary aim of this study was to determine if people with arthritis differed from healthy individuals ...
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Frames of Reference in Self-Reports of Health, Well-Being, Fatigue, and Pain: a Qualitative Examination
Self-reports in survey research can be affected by internal comparison standards, or Frames of Reference (FoRs), that people apply when making their ratings. The goal of this study was to determine which FoRs ...
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Careless responding in internet-based quality of life assessments
Quality of life (QoL) measurement relies upon participants providing meaningful responses, but not all respondents may pay sufficient attention when completing self-reported QoL measures. This study examined t...
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Experiential Wellbeing Data from the American Time Use Survey: Comparisons with Other Methods and Analytic Illustrations with Age and Income
There has been a recent upsurge of interest in self-reported measures of wellbeing by official statisticians and by researchers in the social sciences. This paper considers data from a wellbeing supplement to ...
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Ecological Momentary Assessment in Survey Research
The survey interview context typically occurs when respondents are at home. However, much of social life occurs outside of the home, meaning that there may be limits on the ecological validity of self-reports ...
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The meaning of vaguely quantified frequency response options on a quality of life scale depends on respondents’ medical status and age
Self-report items in quality of life (QoL) scales commonly use vague quantifiers like “sometimes” or “often” to measure the frequency of health-related experiences. This study examined whether the meaning of s...
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Ambulatory and diary methods can facilitate the measurement of patient-reported outcomes
Ambulatory and diary methods of self-reported symptoms and well-being have received increasing interest in recent years. These methods are a valuable addition to traditional strategies for the assessment of pa...
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Measuring daily fatigue using a brief scale adapted from the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS®)
Daily assessments can provide insight into the temporal characteristics of fatigue. They can demonstrate consistency or reveal variability, as when fatigue changes with the underlying medical condition, improv...
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Validation of a Brief Yesterday Measure of Hedonic Well-Being and Daily Activities: Comparison with the Day Reconstruction Method
There has been increasing interest in the measurement of hedonic well-being (HWB), due in part to its broad implications in areas such as health and society. The day reconstruction method (DRM) is a validated ...
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Difference in method of administration did not significantly impact item response: an IRT-based analysis from the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) initiative
To test the impact of method of administration (MOA) on the measurement characteristics of items developed in the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS).
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Psychometric characteristics of daily diaries for the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS®): a preliminary investigation
The Patient-Reported Outcomes (PRO) Measurement Information System (PROMIS®) has developed assessment tools for numerous PROs, most using a 7-day recall format. We examined whether modifying the recall period for...
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Engaging and disengaging work conditions, momentary experiences and cortisol response
There is a growing literature suggesting important associations between the perceived work situation, individual health, and organizational outcomes. Less research has investigated employee experiences in the ...
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A Comparison of Affect Ratings Obtained with Ecological Momentary Assessment and the Day Reconstruction Method
Measurement of affective states in everyday life is of fundamental importance in many types of quality of life, health, and psychological research. Ecological momentary assessment (EMA) is the recognized metho...
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Interference with activities due to pain and fatigue: accuracy of ratings across different reporting periods
This study examined the impact of different reporting period lengths on the accuracy of items measuring interference due to pain and fatigue with work, walking, and relations with others.
