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Measuring Daily Events and Experiences: Decisions for the Researcher

Year: 1991

Type: article

Abstract: There has been a burgeoning interest in studying daily events and experiences. This article discusses a variety of methodologic challenges that face daily event and experience researchers. The issues discussed include techniques for measuring events, the development of event checklists, sampling event content, specifying event appraisals, event validation procedures, and the creation of summary measures derived from event checklists. Procedural issues discussed include determining the number of observations and persons needed for daily event studies, the evaluation of response, attrition, and missing item bias, and problems linking event reports over time.

Source: Journal of Personality

DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.1991.tb00260.x

Authors: Arthur A. Stone, Ronald C. Kessler, Jennifer A. Haythomthwatte

Institutions: Stony Brook University, University of Michigan, National Institute on Aging

Language: English

Topic: Mental Health Research Topics

Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

Funder: National Institute of Mental Health

Awards: G4130040465, RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DAILY STRESS AND IMMUNITY, G927254027