BRADLEY LUNCH AND LEARN SERIES
Ecological Momentary Assessment 101:
The Nuts and Bolts of Applying EMA to Your Research
Presented by the Bradley Sleep COBRE
Stephanie Goldstein, PhD, Anastacia Kudinova, PhD, & Selby Conrad, PhD
Thursday, December 1st – 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Join Zoom Meeting: https://brown.zoom.us/j/99386835602
Meeting ID: 993 8683 5602
ABOUT THE SESSION
This intermediate level session is focused on how to use ecological momentary assessment (EMA), a repeated sampling methodology used to study participant behaviors and experiences in near-real-time as they go about their daily lives. EMA improves the quality and rigor of measurement, and supports the study of micro-processes that influence behavior in real-world contexts. Presenters will provide an overview of EMA, including relevant terminology and methods, types of research and clinical questions that can be answered using EMA, and common software tools and statistical approaches that support collection and analysis of EMA data. Presenters will then discuss two pilot research projects funded by the COBRE Center for Sleep and Circadian Rhythms in Child and Adolescent Mental Health focused on: 1) the intersection of sleep and circadian timing with nighttime self-critical rumination, social media use, and suicidal ideation, and 2) the associations between sleep, marijuana carvings/use and mental health symptoms in a sample of juvenile justice involved youth. Lastly, presenters will provide information about current and planned COBRE services to support EMA research.
OBJECTIVES: At the conclusion of this session, participants should be able to:
- Describe EMA methodology and relevant tools to collect and analyze data
- Discuss the uses of EMA and what research and clinical questions could be answered using these methods
- Describe and locate COBRE resources to support individuals in using EMA
TARGET AUDIENCE: Psychologists, Social Workers, Psychiatrists & Other Interested Healthcare Professionals.
INSTRUCTOR CREDENTIALS
Stephanie Goldstein, PhD is a research scientist at The Miriam Hospital Weight Control and Diabetes Research Center and assistant professor (research) at Alpert Medical School. Her research focuses on electronic/mobile health (e/mHealth) approaches (e.g., ecological momentary assessment [EMA], sensor technology, just-in-time adaptive intervention [JITAI]) to assess and intervene on weight-related behaviors implicated in cardiovascular disease risk, particularly eating. She has conducted and/or been substantially involved in 9 EMA studies (5 of which have been NIH-funded), and has coordinated the development and pilot testing of 5 JITAIs that use EMA to collect information about behavior and deliver personalized intervention. Dr. Goldstein is a scientific advisor for the COBRE Center for Sleep and Circadian Rhythms in Child and Adolescent Mental Health – Pediatric Psychobiology Core and member of the Center for Digital Health leadership team. She is also a licensed clinical psychologist.
Anastacia Kudinova, PhD is a research scientist at Bradley Hospital and an assistant professor (research) at Alpert Medical School. Her research broadly focuses on advancing what is known about brain-behavior mechanisms of self-referential processing and suicide risk and mood disorders in youth. Her research capitalizes on a multiple-units-of-analysis approach, including EMA, neuroimaging, and molecular biology techniques for a nuanced understanding of distal and proximal risk factors. Dr. Kudinova’s NIMH-funded ongoing study examines the role of self-referential processing in suicidal thoughts and behavior in youth using EMA to test whether what we observe in the scanner translates into the daily life environment. Her pilot project, supported by the COBRE Center for Sleep and Circadian Rhythms in Child and Adolescent Mental Health, extends this to exploring the intersection with nighttime social media use and self-critical rumination and uses EMA technology for real-world meaning.
Selby Conrad, PhD is an assistant professor psychology at Roger Williams University. Additionally, she is a staff psychologist at Rhode Island/Bradley Hospitals and an adjunct clinical assistant professor and Brown Medical School. Dr. Conrad has focused clinically in the areas of treating adolescent substance use and co-occurring mental health. Her research has been focused on risk reduction in juvenile justice involving youth and, recently, has begun to include an emphasis on sleep as a potential factor for risk reduction. Dr. Conrad also enjoys her role as a teacher to undergraduates, graduates and also post-doctoral psychology fellows.
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Accreditation Criteria and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of Rhode Island Hospital and Bradley Hospital. Rhode Island Hospital is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Rhode Island Hospital designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1Credit(s)™.
Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Psychologists: Rhode Island Hospital is approved by the Rhode Island Psychological Association to offer continuing education credits for Psychologists. Rhode Island Hospital maintains responsibility for this program and its content 1 CE credit awarded (Credits available to RI licensed psychologists only); there is no fee to attend these activities.
Social Workers: CEUs have been requested from the National Association of Social Workers (NASW). If approved, social workers will be eligible for 1 CEU for this event.
For more information and to request reasonable accommodation for a disability, please contact Liz Thompson at Elizabeth.Thompson@Lifespan.org, 401-432-1617 or Jenny Herren at jherren@lifespan.org, 401-432-1472
There is no known commercial support for this program.
