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Anticipation and Motivation as Predictors of Leisure and Social Enjoyment and Engagement in Young People With Depression Symptoms: Ecological Momentary Assessment Study

Anticipation and Motivation as Predictors of Leisure and Social Enjoyment and Engagement in Young People With Depression Symptoms: Ecological Momentary Assessment Study

Ecological momentary assessment (EMA) offers a powerful solution to this limitation by tracking real-time experiences within natural environments using smartphone-based assessments [44-47]. EMA studies have demonstrated that social and physical activities protect against depression [48] and that individuals with depression experience fewer positive daily events and social interactions, predicting lower well-being even a decade later [49].

Angad Sahni, Ciara McCabe

JMIR Ment Health 2025;12:e74427

Exploring the Impact of the Caring Contacts Intervention on the Stress and Distress of Veterans and Service Members: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

Exploring the Impact of the Caring Contacts Intervention on the Stress and Distress of Veterans and Service Members: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

Example of an ecological momentary assessment with Caring Contacts (“EMA with CC”) month (ie, months 1, 3, 4, 7, and 12) wherein a CC message is delivered within the EMA period. Example of an ecological momentary assessment without Caring Contacts (“EMA without CC”) month (ie, months 2, 6, 9, and 11) wherein a CC message is delivered outside the EMA period. Depending on whether they are assigned to a study group that includes EMAs throughout the year, participants may earn up to either US $180 or US $290.

Barbara Wright, Anna Evanson, Cameron Casey, Keyne C Law, Andrew H Rogers, Katherine Anne Comtois

JMIR Res Protoc 2025;14:e72140

Impact of Ecological Momentary Assessment Participation on Short-Term Smoking Cessation: quitSTART Ecological Momentary Assessment Incentivization Randomized Trial

Impact of Ecological Momentary Assessment Participation on Short-Term Smoking Cessation: quitSTART Ecological Momentary Assessment Incentivization Randomized Trial

Knowing the importance of EMA engagement on cessation outcomes can help inform whether EMA participation should be incentivized when current and future smartphone cessation apps are disseminated to the public. Consideration about how or to what extent EMA participation has been encouraged in previous studies can help estimate the potential resources necessary if there is a need for continued incentivization of EMA engagement when apps with EMA are made available to the public.

Kara P Wiseman, Alex Budenz, Leeann Siegel, Yvonne M Prutzman

J Med Internet Res 2025;27:e67630

Assessing the Impact of Home Environmental Exposures on Allergic Rhinitis Using Real-Time Air Quality Monitoring and Symptom Assessment: Observational Feasibility Study

Assessing the Impact of Home Environmental Exposures on Allergic Rhinitis Using Real-Time Air Quality Monitoring and Symptom Assessment: Observational Feasibility Study

EMA initially used handwritten logs but has since evolved with technology to use automated logs in mobile devices leading to an increased use of EMA in the study of diseases affected by environmental exposures [17,18]. Our prior study, however, showed that its adoption in rhinology studies remains limited [19]. Furthermore, the advent of commercial air monitoring devices, such as the Awair system, presents an opportunity to supplement the EMA symptoms data with continuous home IAQ data [20].

Aero Cavalier, Anthony I Dick, Vickie Johnson II, Emily Cramer, Kamal Eldeirawi, Jayant Pinto, Sharmilee M Nyenhuis, Victoria S Lee

JMIR Form Res 2025;9:e73215

Using Ecological Momentary Assessment to Assess Family Functioning in Spanish-Speaking Parent and Adolescent Dyads: Daily Questionnaire Study

Using Ecological Momentary Assessment to Assess Family Functioning in Spanish-Speaking Parent and Adolescent Dyads: Daily Questionnaire Study

EMA has been implemented with adolescents as young as 9 years by using smartphone apps and SMS text messaging [8-10]. The advantages of EMA over retrospective assessments include a higher level of temporal detail that captures changes in real time, ecological validity, and reliability [7].

Alejandra Fernandez, Savannah Bernal, Lana Kim, Subodh Potla

JMIR Form Res 2025;9:e60073

Analyzing Trends in Suicidal Thoughts Among Patients With Psychosis in India: Exploratory Secondary Analysis of Smartphone Ecological Momentary Assessment Data

Analyzing Trends in Suicidal Thoughts Among Patients With Psychosis in India: Exploratory Secondary Analysis of Smartphone Ecological Momentary Assessment Data

However, most EMA studies on suicidality, as also EMA studies on day-to-day functioning of people with schizophrenia have been conducted in higher-income countries [21]. Furthermore, the available EMA studies have sampling periods typically lasting for ≤1 month [20], which is inadequate to inform the estimation of the evolution of SI during longer outpatient care periods in India, reducing the clinical use.

Ameya P Bondre, Aashish Ranjan, Ritu Shrivastava, Deepak Tugnawat, Nirmal Kumar Chaturvedi, Anant Bhan, Snehil Gupta, Abhijit R Rozatkar, Srilakshmi Nagendra, Siddharth Dutt, Soumya Choudhary, Preethi V Reddy, Urvakhsh Meherwan Mehta, John A Naslund, John Torous

JMIR Form Res 2025;9:e67745

Ecological Momentary Assessment of Parental Well-Being and Time Use: Mixed Methods Compliance and Feasibility Study

Ecological Momentary Assessment of Parental Well-Being and Time Use: Mixed Methods Compliance and Feasibility Study

Although the research community has acknowledged the importance of daily activities for well-being and health, EMA is rarely implemented. So far, time use is generally measured through paper-pencil diary methods [28], studies that examine time-use patterns using EMA are rare [22,29].

Laura Altweck, Samuel Tomczyk

JMIR Form Res 2025;9:e67451

Validation of Ecological Momentary Assessment With Reference to Accelerometer Data: Repeated-Measures Panel Study With Multilevel Modeling

Validation of Ecological Momentary Assessment With Reference to Accelerometer Data: Repeated-Measures Panel Study With Multilevel Modeling

Out of 3 self-report measures of PA (ie, EMA, GPAQ, and BAR) were completed according to the following timeline: EMA was completed on 1 weekday and 1 weekend day; GPAQ was completed on the first day before participants were provided with the waist sensor; BAR was completed daily between days 1 and 6 (Figure 1). Design of a 7-day study. BAR: Bouchard’s physical activity record; EMA: ecological momentary assessment, GPAQ: global physical activity questionnaire.

Jung Min Noh, SongHyun Im, JooYong Park, Jae Myung Kim, Miyoung Lee, Ji-Yeob Choi

J Med Internet Res 2025;27:e59878

Using Text Messaging Ecological Momentary Assessment to Record Changes in e-Cigarette and Combustible Cigarette Use: Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial

Using Text Messaging Ecological Momentary Assessment to Record Changes in e-Cigarette and Combustible Cigarette Use: Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial

The relevance and validity of EMA data rely on the comparability with traditional methods of measurement (eg, surveys) and the overall adherence to the EMA protocol among participants. This study provides insight by directly comparing smoking-related measures collected through EMA and surveys. The nonsignificant paired difference found in this study contrasts with other similar studies that found large discrepancies between retrospective and EMA data [25,26].

Tucker Morgan, Michelle He, Andrew Nicholson, Omar El Shahawy, Scott E Sherman, Elizabeth R Stevens

JMIR Form Res 2025;9:e66709

Proximal Effects of a Just-in-Time Adaptive Intervention for Smoking Cessation With Wearable Sensors: Microrandomized Trial

Proximal Effects of a Just-in-Time Adaptive Intervention for Smoking Cessation With Wearable Sensors: Microrandomized Trial

Data for the proximal effects of the MRT was acquired via ecological momentary assessment (EMA). That is when an eligible moment of NA or smoking was detected from sensor data, that moment was randomized to either deliver a mindfulness or motivational strategy or not. Motivational messages were included due to high desirability in previous m Health cessation studies [34-36].

Christine Vinci, Steve K Sutton, Min-Jeong Yang, Sarah R Jones, Santosh Kumar, David W Wetter

JMIR Mhealth Uhealth 2025;13:e55379