In: Zeitschrift für Psychiatrie, Psychologie und Psychotherapie, 2008, vol. 56, no. 3, p. 169-179
Assessment in clinical psychology and psychiatry relies to a large extend on retrospective self-reports. However, such self-reports are impaired by recall biases and are not appropriate for assessing short term changes of behaviour across contexts and over time. Ambulatory Assessment refers to different diagnostic methods, which have in common that they capture people’s behavior and...
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In: European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 2007, vol. 23, no. 4, p. 206-213
Abstract. Ambulatory assessment refers to the use of computer-assisted methodology for self-reports, behavior records, or physiological measurements, while the participant undergoes normal daily activities. Since the 1980s, portable microcomputer systems and physiological recorders/analyzers have been developed for this purpose. In contrast to their use in medicine, these new methods have...
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In: Zeitschrift für Gesundheitspsychologie, 2008, vol. 16, no. 3, p. 146-149
Most research in health psychology is based on retrospective self reports, which are distorted by recall biases and have low ecological validity. To overcome such limitations we developed computer assisted diary approaches to assess health related behaviours in individuals’, couples’ and families’ daily life. The event- and time- sampling-based instruments serve to assess appraisals of...
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