Ecological Momentary Assessment in Physical Activity Research

Theories explaining why individuals participate in physical activity often do not take into account within-person variation or dynamic patterns of change. Time-intensive methods such as Ecological Momentary Assessment are more conducive to capturing time- and spatially-varying explanatory factors and intraindividual fluctuations than traditional methods and thus may yield new insights into the prediction and modeling of physical activity behavior.

Source: Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews - December 16, 2016 Category: Sports Medicine Tags: Articles Source Type: research