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Computer Science, Information Systems
Chung-Hsien Wu, Jia-Hao Hsu, Cheng-Ray Liou, Hung-Yi Su, Esther Ching-Lan Lin, Po-See Chen
Summary: In this study, a smartphone application was developed to collect digital phenotyping data of users with bipolar disorder (BD). Through heterogeneous digital phenotyping, an ensemble method was established to predict the severity of bipolar symptoms. The experimental results showed that the Lasso and ElasticNet regression models were the most effective in predicting rating scale scores.
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Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Matthew Orr, Lucy MacLeod, Alexa Bagnell, Patrick McGrath, Lori Wozney, Sandra Meier
Summary: In order to integrate mobile sensing and digital phenotyping into youth mental health care, it is important to understand the norms of comfort among adolescent patients and their parents. This study investigated the comfort levels of adolescent patients and parents towards various mobile data sensors. The results indicated that comfort decreased as more detailed and personal digital data was collected, which aligns with previous research in adult patients. These findings highlight the role of individual's role, data sensor type, and level of detail in determining comfort with mobile sensing and digital phenotyping.
COMPUTERS IN HUMAN BEHAVIOR
(2023)
Article
Psychiatry
Danielle Currey, John Torous
Summary: Passive data collected through smartphone applications may not accurately predict patients' survey scores, but combining them with active daily surveys can improve prediction performance.
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Javier-David Lopez-Morinigo, Maria Luisa Barrigon, Alejandro Porras-Segovia, Veronica Gonzalez Ruiz-Ruano, Adela Sanchez Escribano Martinez, Paula Jhoana Escobedo-Aedo, Sergio Sanchez Alonso, Laura Mata Iturralde, Laura Munoz Lorenzo, Antonio Artes-Rodriguez, Anthony S. David, Enrique Baca-Garcia
Summary: The study found that the acceptability of a passive smartphone-based EMA app among patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders was relatively low, and linked with being young and having good premorbid adjustment, affecting the acceptability of the app.
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Psychiatry
Maria Faurholt-Jepsen, Jonas Busk, Morten Lindberg Tonning, Jakob Eyvind Bardram, Mads Frost, Maj Vinberg, Lars Vedel Kessing
Summary: The objective of this study was to investigate the proportions of time with irritability and its association with affective symptoms, functioning, stress, and quality of life in patients with BD and UD. The results showed that patients with UD had a significantly higher proportion of time with irritability during depressive state compared to patients with BD. Irritability was associated with lower mood, activity level, sleep duration, increased stress, and anxiety in both patient groups. Increased irritability was also linked to impaired functioning and decreased quality of life in patients with UD. The importance of irritability as a symptom in affective disorders was emphasized. Future studies on treatment effects on irritability are needed. Rating: 8/10.
ACTA PSYCHIATRICA SCANDINAVICA
(2023)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Takenori Inomata, Masahiro Nakamura, Jaemyoung Sung, Akie Midorikawa-Inomata, Masao Iwagami, Kenta Fujio, Yasutsugu Akasaki, Yuichi Okumura, Keiichi Fujimoto, Atsuko Eguchi, Maria Miura, Ken Nagino, Hurramhon Shokirova, Jun Zhu, Mizu Kuwahara, Kunihiko Hirosawa, Reza Dana, Akira Murakami
Summary: This study utilized multidimensional integrative data analysis to explore a digital phenotyping strategy for dry eye, stratifying and visualizing symptoms into subgroups, identifying symptom profiles and risk factors in each cluster, and visualizing the stratified subgroups to improve interpretability. The study found reduced maximum blink interval in certain symptomatic clusters, severe DE symptoms in specific clusters, and suggested that data-driven multidimensional analysis with digital phenotyping may establish predictive, preventive, personalized, and participatory medicine.
NPJ DIGITAL MEDICINE
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Yi-Chun Lin, Tian Zhou, Taojun Wang, Melba Crawford, Ayman Habib
Summary: This paper introduces new strategies for generating orthophotos that are conducive to straightforward detection of tassels and panicles in crop phenotyping activities. The strategies focus on improving visual appearance while maintaining geolocation accuracy through smooth digital surface model (DSM) generation and seamline control.
Article
Clinical Neurology
Raj R. Jagesar, Mila C. Roozen, Inge van der Heijden, Nessa Ikani, Anna Tyborowska, Brenda W. J. H. Penninx, Henricus G. Ruhe, Iris E. C. Sommer, Martien J. Kas, Jacob A. S. Vorstman
Summary: The COVID-19 pandemic has led to unprecedented societal changes, limiting mobility and in-person interactions. This has provided a unique opportunity for studies using digital phenotyping tools, which have shown potential in improving behavioral research. Research findings indicated that during the pandemic, there was an increase in communication time and a decrease in mobility, while time spent at home remained relatively stable.
EUROPEAN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Psychiatry
Yu-Ching Tseng, Esther Ching-lan Lin, Chung Hsien Wu, Huei-Lin Huang, Po See Chen
Summary: In this project, a smartphone app was used to track the mood, sleep, and activity levels of outpatients with bipolar disorder. The results showed correlations between mood, sleep, and activity levels in different time frames, consistent with previous studies. The association between mood and future activity level was found to be particularly significant.
PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Silvia Francesca Maria Pizzoli, Dario Monzani, Lorenzo Conti, Giulia Ferraris, Roberto Grasso, Gabriella Pravettoni
Summary: Digital phenotyping involves collecting real-time biometric and personal data from digital tools like smartphones and wearables to measure behaviors and variables related to psychological conditions. It has the potential to be used for diagnosis, clinical assessment, and personalized interventions for high-suicide-risk individuals, particularly adolescents. This study synthesizes available evidence on using digital phenotyping in the field of adolescent suicide, identifies digital indexes that can predict suicidal risk, and discusses the challenges and ethical implications of this approach.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Francisco Javier Gil-Espinosa, Adriana Nielsen-Rodriguez, Ramon Romance, Rafael Burgueno
Summary: This research aims to evaluate the use of smartphone apps in physical education and their relationship with the PE curriculum. The study found 18 apps focused on physical activity, with some apps being suitable for specific curricular content. The results indicate that these apps can effectively promote physical activity among adolescent students.
EDUCATION AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES
(2022)
Article
Psychiatry
Tovah Cowan, Alex S. Cohen, Ian M. Raugh, Gregory P. Strauss
Summary: Ambulatory audio and video recording is a useful technology that can be applied in various fields, such as digital phenotyping, telepsychiatry, and telepsychology. This study used assessment data from individuals with schizophrenia and controls to investigate the factors influencing the sufficiency and usability of video and audio data. The results suggest that video provision and quality are influenced by time, environment, and race. Recommendations for improving video quality are discussed.
PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Emma Morton, Jennifer Nicholas, Laura Lapadat, Heather L. O'Brien, Steven J. Barnes, Caden Poh, Erin E. Michalak
Summary: Bipolar disorder patients commonly use smartphone apps, with a focus on data security. They prefer apps with accurate content, ease of use, flexibility, security, and real-world benefits, while considering sharing data, rewards, app connectivity, and peer support as relatively less important.
JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS
(2021)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Esther Stalujanis, Joel Neufeld, Martina Glaus Stalder, Angelo Belardi, Marion Tegethoff, Gunther Meinlschmidt
Summary: This study aimed to investigate whether different types of efficacy expectancies could be induced in a smartphone-based digital placebo mental health intervention. Results showed that efficacy expectancies decreased least in the combined expectancy condition and the control condition.
JMIR MHEALTH AND UHEALTH
(2021)
Article
Psychiatry
Janik Goltermann, Daniel Emden, Elisabeth Johanna Leehr, Katharina Dohm, Ronny Redlich, Udo Dannlowski, Tim Hahn, Nils Opel
Summary: This study systematically investigates the validity of smartphone-administered assessments of self-reported affective symptoms using the Remote Monitoring Application in Psychiatry (ReMAP). Results show high comparability between smartphone-based and non-smartphone-based assessments, as well as correlation with clinician-rated depression severity.
JMIR MENTAL HEALTH
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Cornelia Wrzus, Andreas B. Neubauer
Summary: Ecological Momentary Assessments (EMA) are widely used in psychology and related fields. This meta-analysis examines how study designs and sample characteristics affect compliance and dropout rates. Results show that compliance is higher when financial incentives are provided, and the number of assessments per day does not predict compliance or dropout rates.
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Andreas B. Neubauer, Annette Brose, Florian Schmiedek
Summary: This study introduces a two-level structural equation model that can be applied to intensive longitudinal data to explore the relationship between everyday experiences and individual differences. The model takes into account the daily interaction between variables and their impact on a third variable. The feasibility of the model is demonstrated through simulated data and empirical examples. This approach has important implications for understanding the significance of within-person effects on individual differences.
PSYCHOLOGICAL METHODS
(2023)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Andreas B. Neubauer, Andrea Schmidt, Florian Schmiedek, Judith Dirk
Summary: This study explored the relationship between achievement goals and daily academic success and failure, and found reciprocal effects between goals and academic success. Additionally, academic success was also associated with goals the following morning. Higher academic success and lower academic failure were linked to better academic achievement.
LEARNING AND INSTRUCTION
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Andrea C. Kramer, Andreas B. Neubauer, Florian Schmiedek
Summary: Breathing exercises have been proposed as an effective intervention to improve subjective well-being and manage anxiety symptoms. A micro-randomized trial conducted in children's daily life found that the immediate effects of slow-paced diaphragmatic breathing on negative affect and relaxation were not significant, but the breathing exercise did enhance relaxation in situations when children reported higher levels of worries than usual.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Andreas B. Neubauer, Andrea C. Kramer, Florian Schmiedek
Summary: Fulfillment of basic psychological needs is crucial for mental health throughout the human life span. This study introduces a general instrument, the General Need Satisfaction and Frustration scale, to assess fulfillment of the basic psychological needs for autonomy, competence, and relatedness in children and adults. The results demonstrate the suitability of this instrument to capture between-person differences and day-to-day fluctuations in need fulfillment, providing a useful tool for understanding mental health in various age groups.
PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Applied
Alea Ruf, Andreas B. Neubauer, Elena D. Koch, Ulrich Ebner-Priemer, Andreas Reif, Silke Matura
Summary: According to the individual-difference model, individuals have different responses to stress in terms of their eating behavior. This study used ecological momentary assessment to examine the influence of stress on individuals' eating habits and the moderating effects of gender, age, BMI, trait stress-eating, and eating styles. The findings revealed that stress is not associated with whether individuals eat or not, but it does affect the amount of food intake. Gender was found to be the only moderating variable in the relationship between stress and food intake. Moreover, the study suggests that time-varying factors may also play a role in the stress and eating relationship.
APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY-HEALTH AND WELL BEING
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Experimental
Elisabeth S. Blanke, Andreas B. Neubauer, Marlies Houben, Yasemin Erbas, Annette Brose
Summary: The study reveals reciprocal associations between rumination and negative affect, indicating a bidirectional relationship, while also demonstrating autoregressive relationships between the two processes.
Article
Psychology, Experimental
Andrea C. Kramer, Andreas B. Neubauer, Stacey B. Scott, Florian Schmiedek, Martin J. Sliwinski, Joshua M. Smyth
Summary: Anticipatory stress can lead to increased perseverative cognitions, which in turn affect individual emotional well-being. These perseverative cognitions partly account for the persistent effects of anticipatory stress on negative and positive affect.
Article
Biology
Ekaterina Schneider, Dora Hopf, Corina Aguilar-Raab, Dirk Scheele, Andreas B. Neubauer, Uta Sailer, Rene Hurlemann, Monika Eckstein, Beate Ditzen
Summary: This study investigated the association between affectionate touch and subjective well-being, as well as salivary oxytocin and cortisol during the Covid-19 pandemic. The results showed that affectionate touch was associated with decreased anxiety, stress, and increased oxytocin levels. Affectionate touch was also associated with decreased cortisol levels and higher happiness.
Article
Psychiatry
Alea Ruf, Andreas B. Neubauer, Elena Koch, Ulrich Ebner-Priemer, Andreas Reif, Silke Matura
Summary: This study applied ecological momentary assessment (EMA) to investigate the microtemporal associations among macronutrient intake, physical activity (PA), and state impulsivity in the daily life of adults with and without ADHD. The results showed no association between macronutrient intake and state impulsivity, but PA was related to a higher probability to be impulsive. This study highlights the methodological considerations for future EMA protocols and the potential of EMA to provide insights into the microtemporal dynamics of psychiatric symptoms, dietary intake, and PA.
JMIR MENTAL HEALTH
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Dirk Hagemann, Max Ihmels, Nico Bast, Andreas B. B. Neubauer, Andrea Schankin, Anna-Lena Schubert
Summary: Empirical evidence suggests a strong positive association between fluid intelligence and working memory capacity, indicating that fluid intelligence is mostly comprised of working memory. However, a causal relationship between fluid intelligence and working memory has not been established due to the reliance on correlation analysis. This study aimed to experimentally analyze this relationship. The results showed that loading the central executive had a diminishing effect on the performance of Advanced Progressive Matrices, explaining 15% of the variance. Another experiment using complex working memory span tasks replicated these findings, explaining 40% of the variance. These findings suggest a causal effect of working memory functioning on fluid intelligence test performance, but also indicate the contribution of other factors to fluid intelligence.
JOURNAL OF INTELLIGENCE
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Educational
Anne Sosin, Andrea C. Kramer, Andreas B. Neubauer
Summary: This article examines the link between university students' autonomous study motivation and affective well-being, and explores whether the fulfillment of basic psychological needs acts as a potential mediator in this association. Results show that autonomous study motivation is associated with students' affective well-being on both the within-person and between-person level. Consistent with predictions from self-determination theory, multilevel mediation models suggest indirect effects through need fulfillment at both levels. These findings highlight the importance of autonomous study motivation and need fulfillment in university students' socioemotional adjustment.
JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Andreas B. Neubauer, Florian Schmiedek
Summary: In educational research, panel studies are commonly used to examine the process of socioemotional adaptation over months or years. Intensive longitudinal designs, such as daily diaries or experience sampling methods, provide a shorter time scale for targeting this process. This study with 250 university students demonstrates that these two approaches yield similar but not redundant information about socioemotional adaptation, highlighting the benefit of combining panel studies with intensive longitudinal studies.
ZEITSCHRIFT FUR ERZIEHUNGSWISSENSCHAFT
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Anne Bulow, Andreas B. Neubauer, Bart Soenens, Savannah Boele, Jaap J. A. Denissen, Loes Keijsers
Summary: According to Self-Determination Theory, parental warmth and autonomy support have positive effects on adolescent well-being in the majority of families. The study also found that some adolescents are more sensitive to the positive effects of need-supportive parenting, possibly due to their higher susceptibility to environmental influences.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2022)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Andrea Schmidt, Annette Brose, Andrea C. Kramer, Florian Schmiedek, Michael Witthoeft, Andreas B. Neubauer
Summary: This study revealed a self-reinforcing cycle where exposure to COVID-19-related media and worrying reciprocally influence each other across days during the COVID-19 crisis. Individuals with high trait anxiety, neuroticism, and anxiety reported enhanced levels of media exposure and worries.
PSYCHOLOGY & HEALTH
(2022)