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

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Runyan, Jason D ^a   Steenbergh, Timothy A ^a   Bainbridge, Charles ^a   Daugherty, Douglas A ^a   Oke, Lorne ^a   Fry, Brian N ^a  

^a INDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DATA ANALYSIS; EXERCISE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; ONLINE SYSTEM; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECREATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; AWARENESS; CELLULAR PHONE; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF-ASSESSMENT; SPACE PERCEPTION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME MANAGEMENT; TIME PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881484220     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071325     Document Type: Article

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