Douglas, Aiden (2022) Ecological momentary interventions and their effectiveness in treating various mental health issues: a literature review. Master thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
Technology is becoming a larger part of life for both the public as well as multiple medical treatments. Smartphones may offer an elegant intervention medium for individuals who may not be able to obtain face to face treatment on a regular basis as well as allowing for clinicians to observe and treat patients in daily life scenarios. Therefore, the aim of this review is to provide a scoping overview of the previous literature on the topic of ecological momentary interventions (EMI) in addition to addressing 3 sub questions. 1. Whether there is an emerging unified delivery system for EMIs. 2. Regarding effectiveness of EMIs are they more effective when used in conjunction with standard therapeutic techniques. 3. Whether there are certain EMI types that are better equipped to treat certain mental health issues. We searched PsychInfo, MEDLINE and Web of Science databases and extracted data into Rayyan. Data was analyzed with summary tables of EMI content and study characteristics created. There was a total of 17 studies included covering a range of mental health issues: the most common being mood disorders with 6 studies. Smartphone applications were used in 16 of the 17 studies to deliver the EMI and nine studies used EMIs alongside traditional techniques and found a larger effect size was yielded when compared to control groups against studies which used EMIs as a standalone treatment. Our third sub question could not be answered due to being unable to draw clear conclusions regarding types of EMI. Future research should aim to observe EMIs in terms of skill acquisition and skill practice as this appears to be a strength of the treatment method.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Supervisor name: | Fuermaier, A.B.M. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | Clinical Neuropsychology (CN) [Master Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 21 Sep 2022 10:48 |
| Last Modified: | 21 Sep 2022 10:48 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/1437 |
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