Ecological Momentary Assessment in Behavioral Research: Addressing Technological and Human Participant Challenges

Lora E Burke   ^{1, 2} , MPH, PhD ;   Saul Shiffman   ³ , PhD ;   Edvin Music   ^{1, 3} , MSIS, MBA ;   Mindi A Styn   ^{1, 3} , PhD ;   Andrea Kriska   ² , PhD ;   Asim Smailagic   ⁴ , PhD ;   Daniel Siewiorek   ⁵ , PhD ;   Linda J Ewing   ³ , PhD ;   Eileen Chasens   ¹ , DNS ;   Brian French   ⁶ , MS ;   Juliet Mancino   ³ , MSc ;   Dara Mendez   ² , PhD ;   Patrick Strollo   ³ , MD ;   Stephen L Rathbun   ⁶ , PhD

¹ Department of Health & Community Systems, University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

² Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

³ University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

⁴ Institute for Complex Engineered Systems, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

⁵ Human Computer Interaction Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

⁶ Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Georgia College of Public Health, Athens, GA, United States