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Published in: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology 2/2017

01-02-2017 | Commentary

The utility of geographically-explicit ecological momentary assessment: from description to intervention

Author: William J. Kowalczyk

Published in: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology | Issue 2/2017

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Kirchner and Shiffman do the field a service by summarizing the path from ecological momentary assessment (EMA) to what they term geographically-explicit ecological momentary assessment (GEMA). I will comment on a few things that struck me in their review, then add a few points about moving from assessment to intervention. …
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Metadata
Title
The utility of geographically-explicit ecological momentary assessment: from description to intervention
Author
William J. Kowalczyk
Publication date
01-02-2017
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology / Issue 2/2017
Print ISSN: 0933-7954
Electronic ISSN: 1433-9285
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-016-1283-7

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