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Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
Published in: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology 6/2009

01-06-2009 | ORIGINAL PAPER

A mobile phone program to track young people’s experiences of mood, stress and coping

Development and testing of the mobiletype program

Authors: Sophie C. Reid, MPsych (Clin), PhD, Sylvia D. Kauer, BBehavSci (Hons), Paul Dudgeon, PhD, Lena A. Sanci, MBBS, PhD, FRACGP, Lydia A. Shrier, MD, MPH, George C. Patton, MD, FRANZCP

Published in: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology | Issue 6/2009

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Abstract

Background

Research examining adolescent mood, stresses, and coping has tended to use retrospective questionnaires which are affected by recall biases. The aim of this study was to develop, pilot, and evaluate a youth-friendly mobile phone program to monitor, in real-time, young people’s everyday experiences of mood, stress, and their coping behaviours.

Method and design

A momentary sampling program was designed for mobile phones, and ran for 7 days, administering a brief questionnaire four random times each day, capturing information on current activity, mood, responses to negative mood, stresses, alcohol and cannabis use. Eleven high school students reviewed the program in focus groups, and 18 students completed 7 days of monitoring.

Results

Engagement with the mobiletype program was high with 76% of 504 possible entries completed and 94% (17/18) of the participants reporting that the program adequately captured their moods, thoughts, and activities. The mobiletype program captured meaningful and analyzable data on the way young people’s moods, stresses, coping strategies, and alcohol and cannabis use, vary both between and within individuals.

Conclusions

The mobiletype program captured a range of detailed and interesting qualitative and quantitative data about young people’s everyday mood, stresses, responses, and general functioning.
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Metadata
Title
A mobile phone program to track young people’s experiences of mood, stress and coping
Development and testing of the mobiletype program
Authors
Sophie C. Reid, MPsych (Clin), PhD
Sylvia D. Kauer, BBehavSci (Hons)
Paul Dudgeon, PhD
Lena A. Sanci, MBBS, PhD, FRACGP
Lydia A. Shrier, MD, MPH
George C. Patton, MD, FRANZCP
Publication date
01-06-2009
Publisher
Steinkopff-Verlag
Published in
Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology / Issue 6/2009
Print ISSN: 0933-7954
Electronic ISSN: 1433-9285
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-008-0455-5

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