The use of ambulatory assessments (AAs) as an approach to gather self-reported questionnaires or self-collected biochemical data is constantly increasing to investigate the experiences, states, and behaviors of individuals and their interaction with external situational factors during everyday life. It is often implicitly assumed that data from different sampling protocols can be used interchangeably, despite them assessing processes over different timescales in different intervals and at different occasions, which depending on the variables under study may result in fundamentally different dynamics. There are multiple temporal parameters to consider and while there is an abundance of sampling protocols that are applied regularly, to date, there is only limited empirical background on the influence different approaches may have on the data and findings. In this review, we aim to give an overview of commonly used types of AA in psychology, psychiatry, and biobehavioral research with a breakdown by temporal design parameters. Additionally, we discuss potential advantages and pitfalls associated with the various approaches. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).

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关于流动评估采样率的入门知识。


动态评估（AA）作为一种收集自我报告的问卷或自我收集的生化数据的方法不断增加，以调查个人的经历、状态和行为以及他们在日常生活中与外部情境因素的相互作用。人们通常隐含地假设来自不同采样协议的数据可以互换使用，尽管它们在不同时间间隔和不同场合评估不同时间尺度的过程，这取决于所研究的变量可能会导致根本不同的动态。有多个时间参数需要考虑，尽管有大量定期应用的采样方案，但迄今为止，关于不同方法对数据和结果可能产生的影响的经验背景非常有限。在这篇综述中，我们的目的是概述心理学、精神病学和生物行为研究中常用的 AA 类型，并按时间设计参数进行细分。此外，我们还讨论了与各种方法相关的潜在优势和缺陷。 （PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2024 APA，保留所有权利）。