An empirical analysis of the obtrusiveness of and participants' compliance with the Electronically Activated Recorder (EAR)

European Journal of Psychological Assessment

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 248-257

  Mehl, Matthias R ^a,b   Holleran, Shannon E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory assessment; Behavioral observation; Ecological momentary assessment; Experience sampling; Naturalistic observation; Unobtrusive observation

Indexed keywords

EID: 35948982975     PISSN: 10155759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1015-5759.23.4.248     Document Type: Article

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