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[p. v, TOC] Contents List of Tables and Figures Acknowledgments PART I: THE ORIGINS OF THE ESM 1. Epistemological Foundations for the Measurement of Experience 1 A Systematic Phenomenology 2 The Experience Sampling Method 5 A Brief History 7 How Trustworthy Are Subjective Self-Reports? 9 What Can We Learn From the ESM? 12 2. Theoretical Foundations of the ESM 16 Biology, Culture, and Daily Behavior 17 Subjective Experience in Context: The Interplay of Psychological Processes and Cognitive Functions 21 Interaction of Individuals and Environments 28 Experience Fluctuations, Well-Being and Development 30 A Theoretical Compass for Exploring Experience 33 PART II: HOW TO MEASURE THE QUALITY OF EVERYDAY LIFE 3. Collecting the Data 35 Designing a Study Using ESM 36 Equipment and Signaling Schedules 40 Designing the Form 51 Other Design Decisions 56 Implementing the Study 61 Documentation 72 4. Coding the Data 74 Developing a Codebook 76 Coding the External Coordinates of Experience 76 Coding the Internal Coordinates of Experience 85 What to Do With the Codes Once They Are Developed: Physically Coding and Entering the Data 87 Setup, Cleaning, and Manipulation of Data Files 90 Response-Level Data and Person-Level Data 93 Post-Entry Data Manipulation 95 Data File Management and Documentation 98 5. Types of Analyses 100 Qualitative Approaches 102 Graphic and Numeric Descriptive Information 104 Planning for Statistical Analyses 106 OLS Statistical Techniques 108 Multilevel and Other Complex Statistical Techniques 116 6. Psychometrics of ESM Data 121 Validity of Method 122 Validity of ESM Measurements 131 Reliability of ESM Measurements 137 PART III: USES OF ESM IN SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH 7. Samples of Experience 143 The Who, What, Where, When, and How of Daily Experiences 143 Quality of Experience in Selected Activites 145 Quality of Experience of Selected Groups of People 149 Emotions, Well-Being, and Flow 154 8. The Experience of Males and Females 166 Differences in Activities 166 Differences in Companionship 169 Similarities and Differences in Emothional Experience 171 Other Gender Differences in Adolescence 177 9. The Experience of Family Life 181 Methodological Concerns and Variations 182 The Couple Relationship 183 The Arrival of the First Child 185 Juggling Work and Family Roles 187 The Adolescent¿s Experience of Family 190 Transmission of Emotions Between Family Members 193 Comparisions Between Families: Optimal Conditions for Adolescent Development 195 10. The Experience of Work 199 Methodological Concerns and Variations 199 Time and Work 202 The Quality of Experience at Work: General Trends 205 The Quality of Experience Across Workers 210 The Quality of Experience Across Work Activities 213 The Intersection of Work and Family 216 The Experience of Unemployment 219 Adolescent Work 220 11. Examining Cross-Cultural Differences 226 Methodological Concerns and Variations 227 Culture and Time Use 229 Cross-Cultural Variation in General Affective Experience 233 Culture and Subjective Experience in Various activities 235 Cross-Cultural Examinations of Flow 239 Studies of American Subcultures 242 12. Educational Applications 249 Methodological Concerns and Variations 249 Time Use and the Structure of Classrooms 254 The Quality of Students¿ Classroom Experiences 256 Comparing Students¿ Classroom Experiences 264 After-School Programs 270 Studies of Adult Learners 271 The Experience of Teachers 272 13. Clinical Applications 275 Methodological Concerns and Variations 276 Use of ESM for Describing and Contextualizing Experiences of Disorder 278 Use of ESM in Therapy and in Treatment Evaluation 293 [See explanation for deletion of ch. no. in that file]Concluding Thoughts 299 Ten Major Issues the ESM Illuminates 301 Appendix A: ESM Coding Scheme Used in the Sloan Study of Youth and Social Development 321 Appendix B: Sample ESM Data Collection Forms (ESFs) 330 References 335 Index About the Authors
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Experiential research.
Psychology -- Research -- Methodology.