The Impact of Perceived Neighborhoods in Childhood and Adulthood on Daily Cognitive Function

Abstract Neighborhood experiences may have a cumulative effect on cognitive health outcomes across the lifespan. We investigated independent and combined associations between current and retrospective childhood neighborhoods and daily cognitive function in 209 adults (Mage=47.07; range: 25-65) who participated in a 14-day ecological momentary assessment study. Participants reported perceptions of their current neighborhood and the neighborhood they lived in at age 5; including neighborhood cohesion, safety, violence, and physical conditions. Greater current neighborhood violence was independently associated with poorer spatial working memory. Childhood neighborhood violence was not significantly associated with performance. The interaction between current and childhood neighborhood ratings was significant: individuals who reported greater childhood neighborhood violence, but lower current violence had better performance than those who experienced consistently high or low neighborhood violence. Effects for other neighborhood domains were not significant. Results indicate that neighborhood influences on cognition in adulthood may be moderated by childhood neighborhood experiences.

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The impact of exposure to wagering advertisements and inducements on intended and actual betting expenditure: An ecological momentary assessment study

Journal of Behavioral Addictions ◽

10.1556/2006.8.2019.10 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 146-156 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Matthew Browne ◽

Nerilee Hing ◽

Alex M. T. Russell ◽

Anna Thomas ◽

Rebecca Jenkinson

Keyword(s):

Ecological Momentary Assessment ◽

Assessment Study ◽

Ecological Momentary ◽

The Impact ◽

Momentary Assessment

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The Persistence of The Impact of COVID-19 Related Distress, Mood Inertia and Loneliness on Mental Health During a Post-lockdown Phase in Germany: An Ecological Momentary Assessment Study (Preprint)

JMIR Mental Health ◽

10.2196/29419 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Matthias Haucke ◽

Shuyan Liu ◽

Stephan Heinzel

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Ecological Momentary Assessment ◽

Assessment Study ◽

Ecological Momentary ◽

The Impact ◽

Momentary Assessment

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Beliefs about emotion shift dynamically alongside momentary affect

10.31234/osf.io/wxfnc ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Jennifer Veilleux ◽

Elise Warner ◽

Danielle Baker ◽

Kaitlyn Chamberlain

Keyword(s):

Self Efficacy ◽

Daily Life ◽

Borderline Personality ◽

Personality Pathology ◽

Emotional States ◽

Assessment Study ◽

Directed Action ◽

Emotion Beliefs ◽

Ecological Momentary ◽

Momentary Assessment

This study examined if beliefs about emotion change across emotional contexts in daily life, and investigated whether people with prominent features of borderline personality pathology experience greater shifts in emotion beliefs during emotional states compared to people without borderline features. Undergraduate participants with (n = 49) and without borderline features (n = 50) completed a one week ecological momentary assessment study where 7x/day they provided ratings of affect, nine different beliefs about emotion and indicators of momentary self-efficacy. Results indicated a significant between-person element to emotion beliefs, supporting the notion of beliefs as relatively schematic. In addition, people with borderline features generally experienced greater instability of beliefs over time compared to people without borderline features. In addition, most of the beliefs about emotion shifted with either positive or negative affect. For many of the emotion beliefs, the relationships between affect and belief were moderated by borderline group. Finally, momentary beliefs about emotion also predicted momentary self-efficacy for tolerating distress and exerting willpower. Taken together, results confirm that beliefs about emotion can fluctuate in daily life and that there are implications for emotion beliefs for people who struggle with emotion regulation and impulsivity (i.e., people with features of borderline personality) as well as for self-efficacy in tolerating emotion and engaging in goal-directed action.

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Why Ecological Momentary Assessment Surveys Go Incomplete?: When It Happens and How It Impacts Data

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology ◽

10.1055/s-0040-1719135 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Yu-Hsiang Wu ◽

Jingjing Xu ◽

Elizabeth Stangl ◽

Shareka Pentony ◽

Dhruv Vyas ◽

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Keyword(s):

Real Time ◽

Self Report ◽

Data Logging ◽

Time Data ◽

Real Time Data ◽

Report Data ◽

Self Report Data ◽

Ecological Momentary ◽

The Impact ◽

Momentary Assessment

Abstract Background Ecological momentary assessment (EMA) often requires respondents to complete surveys in the moment to report real-time experiences. Because EMA may seem disruptive or intrusive, respondents may not complete surveys as directed in certain circumstances. Purpose This article aims to determine the effect of environmental characteristics on the likelihood of instances where respondents do not complete EMA surveys (referred to as survey incompletion), and to estimate the impact of survey incompletion on EMA self-report data. Research Design An observational study. Study Sample Ten adults hearing aid (HA) users. Data Collection and Analysis Experienced, bilateral HA users were recruited and fit with study HAs. The study HAs were equipped with real-time data loggers, an algorithm that logged the data generated by HAs (e.g., overall sound level, environment classification, and feature status including microphone mode and amount of gain reduction). The study HAs were also connected via Bluetooth to a smartphone app, which collected the real-time data logging data as well as presented the participants with EMA surveys about their listening environments and experiences. The participants were sent out to wear the HAs and complete surveys for 1 week. Real-time data logging was triggered when participants completed surveys and when participants ignored or snoozed surveys. Data logging data were used to estimate the effect of environmental characteristics on the likelihood of survey incompletion, and to predict participants' responses to survey questions in the instances of survey incompletion. Results Across the 10 participants, 715 surveys were completed and survey incompletion occurred 228 times. Mixed effects logistic regression models indicated that survey incompletion was more likely to happen in the environments that were less quiet and contained more speech, noise, and machine sounds, and in the environments wherein directional microphones and noise reduction algorithms were enabled. The results of survey response prediction further indicated that the participants could have reported more challenging environments and more listening difficulty in the instances of survey incompletion. However, the difference in the distribution of survey responses between the observed responses and the combined observed and predicted responses was small. Conclusion The present study indicates that EMA survey incompletion occurs systematically. Although survey incompletion could bias EMA self-report data, the impact is likely to be small.

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