A Smartphone Ecological Momentary Assessment/Intervention "App" for Collecting Real-Time Data and Promoting Self-Awareness

We have designed a flexible ecological momentary assessment/intervention smartphone (EMA/EMI) "app". We examine the utility of this app for collecting real-time data, and assessing intra-subject variability, by using it to assess how freshman undergraduates spend their time. We also explore whether its use can promote greater self-awareness. Participants were randomly divided into an experimental group, who used the app, and a control group, who did not. We used the app to collect both randomized in-the-moment data as well as end-of-day data to assess time use. Using a posttest survey we asked participants questions about how they spent time throughout the school semester. We also asked the experimental group about their experience with the app. Among other findings, 80.49% participants indicated that they became more aware of how they spent their time using the app. Corroborating this report, among the experimental group, end-of-semester self-assessment of time spent wasted, and time spent using electronics recreationally, predicted semester GPA at a strength comparable to high school GPA and ACT score (two of the best single predictors for first semester college GPA), but had no correlation among controls. We discuss the advantages and limitations of using apps, such as ours, for EMA and/or EMI.

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PID https://www.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0071325
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URL https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0071325
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URL https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3743745/
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URL https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2013PLoSO...871325R
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Author Runyan Jason D.
Author Steenbergh Timothy A.
Author Bainbridge Charles
Author Daugherty Douglas A.
Author Oke Lorne
Author Fry Brian N.
Contributor Chao, Linda
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Journal PLoS ONE, 8, 8
Publication Date 2013-08-14
Publisher Public Library of Science
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keyword keywords.General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
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