Researching Daily Life

A Guide to Experience Sampling and Daily Diary Methods

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

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Beskrivning

A step-by-step guide to researching what people do in their everyday lives. This practical, beginner-friendly book teaches readers how to do daily life research, which is the study of what people do in their ordinary environments in their everyday lives. The basic approach is to collect data intensively over time, at least once a day for many days, in people amp rsquo s natural environments rather than in research labs. Common methods include daily diaries, experience sampling, and ecological momentary assessment. Collectively, these methods trade off the control and precision of the lab for the texture, depth, and realism of the real world.The book walks readers through the entire process of the research project, including first selecting a design and developing survey items, then collecting and cleaning data, and finally analyzing and disseminating the findings. With example studies pulled from all areas of psychology, the book will provide students with the conceptual foundation and practical knowledge needed to examine psychological processes amp ldquo up close amp rdquo in ways that experimental and survey methods can amp rsquo t.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2021-03-23
Mått:152 x 229 x 14 mm
Vikt:258 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:165
Förlag:American Psychological Association
ISBN:9781433834578

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Paul J. Silvia is the Lucy Spinks Excellence Professor at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, where he has been conducting experience sampling and daily diary research since the days when Palm Pilots were high-tech. He has studied daily life experiences in many clinical and community groups, including older adults, veterans, parents adjudicated for child maltreatment, and adults with depression, ADHD, or PTSD. In addition to self-report projects, he has conducted experience sampling studies that integrate neuroimaging and ambulatory cardiac monitoring.Katherine N. Cotter is a postdoctoral fellow at the Positive Psychology Center at the University of Pennsylvania. Her work emphasizes the study of aesthetics and the arts in people amp rsquo s everyday environments, using both experience-sampling and daily diary techniques. Her recent work involves field research within art museums to illuminate people amp rsquo s aesthetic experiences within the museum context.

Innehållsförteckning

PrefaceChapter : What are Daily Life Methods?Chapter 2: Choosing a Sampling DesignChapter 3: Designing Self-Report SurveysChapter 4: Selecting a System for Signals and SurveysChapter 5: Collecting DataChapter : Cleaning and Processing Your DataChapter 7: Analyzing Daily Life DataChapter 8: Presenting and Publishing Your ResearchReferencesIndex