Psychometric Properties of a Computerized Mobile Phone Method for Assessing Mood in Daily Life

Emotion

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 115-124

  Courvoisier, Delphine S ^a   Eid, Michael ^b   Lischetzke, Tanja ^b   Schreiber, Walter H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c University of Koblenz Landau   (Germany)

Author keywords

computerized mobile phone assessment; ecological momentary assessment; longitudinal data; psychometric

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MOBILE PHONE; MOOD; MOOD CHANGE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF REPORT; SEX RATIO; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; CELLULAR PHONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHOMETRICS; SEX FACTORS; SOFTWARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77249178209     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017813     Document Type: Article

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