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== Definition == | == Definition == | ||
' | '''Experience sampling''' or '''experience sampling method''' (ESM) refer to set of techniques to capture people's behaviors, thoughts, or feelings as they occur in real-time. This would include "naïve" accounts of critical events but also more "processed" representations. | ||
Citation from Tamilin Conner's [http://psychiatry.uchc.edu/people/postdocs/conner/esm.php Experience Sampling Resource Page]: | |||
Originally, the term ESM was used to refer to a particular technique involving random signaling of participants during their daily lives, although today ESM is sometimes used more broadly to refer to any procedure that has three qualities -- assessment of experiences in natural settings, in real-time (or close to the occurrence of the experience being reported), and on repeated time occasions. As such, reports can be made in response to a random signal (e.g., emitted by a pager or PDA), at pre-determined times during the day (e.g., daily diary) or following particular events (e.g., interaction with a loved one). Some people refer to ESM in the strict sense (to refer to random signaling sampling), others in the general sense. | |||
Experience sampling is a popular methodology in [[flow theory | flow research]] and according to Conner it was Larson & Csikszentmihalyi (1983) who coined the term ''experience sampling method''. | |||
== Links == | == Links == | ||
# [http://psychiatry.uchc.edu/people/postdocs/conner/esm.php Experience Sampling Resource Page]. This website provides a starting point for researchers interested in conducting their own computerized experience sampling study. Includes pointers to software. | |||
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# Experience Sampling Methods: the Theory and Practice of Measuring Behavior In Situ by T. Conner, Boston Colledge ([http://cira.med.yale.edu/events/mbs_conner01-15-04.pdf | Slides in PDF format]). ([[User:DSchneider|DSchneider]] likes this introduction). | # Experience Sampling Methods: the Theory and Practice of Measuring Behavior In Situ by T. Conner, Boston Colledge ([http://cira.med.yale.edu/events/mbs_conner01-15-04.pdf | Slides in PDF format]). ([[User:DSchneider|DSchneider]] likes this introduction). | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
* Conner Christensen, T., Feldman Barrett, L., Bliss-Moreau, E., Lebo, K. & Kaschub, C. (2003). A practical guide to experience-sampling procedures, Journal of Happiness Studies, 4, 53-78 [http://psychiatry.uchc.edu/people/postdocs/conner/Conner_ESM2003.pdf] (Good primer - [[User:DSchneider|DSchneider]]) | |||
* Larson, R., & Csikszentmihalyi, M. (1983). The experience sampling method. New Directions for Methodology of Social and Behavioral Science, 15, 41-56. | |||
Revision as of 10:32, 20 April 2006
Definition
Experience sampling or experience sampling method (ESM) refer to set of techniques to capture people's behaviors, thoughts, or feelings as they occur in real-time. This would include "naïve" accounts of critical events but also more "processed" representations.
Citation from Tamilin Conner's Experience Sampling Resource Page: Originally, the term ESM was used to refer to a particular technique involving random signaling of participants during their daily lives, although today ESM is sometimes used more broadly to refer to any procedure that has three qualities -- assessment of experiences in natural settings, in real-time (or close to the occurrence of the experience being reported), and on repeated time occasions. As such, reports can be made in response to a random signal (e.g., emitted by a pager or PDA), at pre-determined times during the day (e.g., daily diary) or following particular events (e.g., interaction with a loved one). Some people refer to ESM in the strict sense (to refer to random signaling sampling), others in the general sense.
Experience sampling is a popular methodology in flow research and according to Conner it was Larson & Csikszentmihalyi (1983) who coined the term experience sampling method.
Links
- Experience Sampling Resource Page. This website provides a starting point for researchers interested in conducting their own computerized experience sampling study. Includes pointers to software.
- Experience Sampling Methods: the Theory and Practice of Measuring Behavior In Situ by T. Conner, Boston Colledge (| Slides in PDF format). (DSchneider likes this introduction).
References
- Conner Christensen, T., Feldman Barrett, L., Bliss-Moreau, E., Lebo, K. & Kaschub, C. (2003). A practical guide to experience-sampling procedures, Journal of Happiness Studies, 4, 53-78 [1] (Good primer - DSchneider)
- Larson, R., & Csikszentmihalyi, M. (1983). The experience sampling method. New Directions for Methodology of Social and Behavioral Science, 15, 41-56.