Real-time monitoring technology in single-case experimental design research: Opportunities and challenges

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 117, Issue , 2019, Pages 87-96

  Bentley, Kate H ^a   Kleiman, Evan M ^b   Elliott, Grace ^b   Huffman, Jeffery C ^a   Nock, Matthew K ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological momentary assessment; Passive sensing; Real time monitoring; Single case experimental design; Technology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ECOLOGICAL MOMENTARY ASSESSMENT; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; SELF MONITORING; SUICIDAL IDEATION; VIDEORECORDING; AMBULATORY MONITORING; COMPUTER SYSTEM; ELECTRONIC DEVICE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY;

COMPUTER SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; SINGLE-CASE STUDIES AS TOPIC; WEARABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES;

EID: 85058672450     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: 1873622X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2018.11.017     Document Type: Article

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