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Daily diary methodology is a set of assessment methods that allow researchers to study individuals’ experiences, behavior, and circumstances in natural settings, in or close to real time, and on repeated measurement occasions over a defined period (ranging from a few days to months). Semantically, the term “daily diary methodology” implies a once-per-day assessment approach. Often, however, the term is used in a wider sense to include methods assessing individuals at multiple times per day (also called “experience sampling”; Hektner, Schmidt, & Csikszentmihalyi, 2007). Moreover, the term “daily diary methodology” implies the use of some kind of diary (paper and pencil or electronic) and is thereby constrained to self-report data. In recent years, however, the scope of intensive repeated measurements in naturalistic settings has broadened to include also nonself-reported...
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Lischetzke, T. (2014). Daily Diary Methodology. In: Michalos, A.C. (eds) Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0753-5_657
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