Every month, there are informal meetings for everyone interested in ESM research. These meetings are hybrid (i.e., they take place in room N239 of the UCP and online). The focus of the meetings is on clinical research and implementation of ESM in mental health care. During these interactive meetings, issues related to ESM research are discussed and people can present their own ESM research (also when in progress). If you are interested to join, you can be added to the mailinglist. For this, send an e-mail to Marij Zuidersma: m.zuidersma@umcg.nl.
Thursday, March 27, 2025, 13-14, UCP building, UMCG Entrance 23, 2nd floor, room N239/online via Teams.
Self-regulation in daily life: From observation to intervention
Prof. Dr. Jennifer Inauen, Head of Department Health Psychology Behavioral Medicine, University of Bern
Abstract:
Although self-regulation is defined as a dynamic process of goal setting and pursuit that happens over time, it is traditionally studied focusing on interindividual differences. Intensive-longitudinal methods, such as experience sampling or ecological momentary assessment, allow studying self-regulation in daily life, and distinguishing intraindividual processes of self-regulation from interindividual differences. In this talk, I will show how the distinction of these aspects of self-regulation can be important. I will present empirical studies of state-trait differences in self-regulation in daily life, at the example of eating behavior. The first study is an observational intensive-longitudinal study that shows that behavioral intentions fluctuate in daily life, and that these intraindividual fluctuations are predictive of snack consumption during the day, whereas interindividual differences in intentions were not. Going beyond observation, the second study uses a combined between-person and within-person-randomized design to test whether promoting self-regulation in daily life using goal setting can reduce sugary drink consumption. The results indicate that both the interindividual and the intraindividual intervention strategies are effective in reducing the consumption of sugary drinks, but that combining the two strategies might be detrimental. I will draw some conclusions on the distinction of inter- and intraindividual aspects of self-regulation, and how these insights can be considered in interventions.
Thursday, April 24, 2025, 13-14, Room N239 of UCP/online via Teams.
Predicting Dropout in Intensive Longitudinal Data: Extending the Joint Model for Autocorrelated Data.
Fridtjof Petersen (PhD student Laura Bringmann, University of Groningen)
Thursday, May 22, 2025, 13-14, Room N239 of UCP/online via Teams.
Lorna Staines (postdoc researcher Dublin University). Topic will follow later.