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Society for Ambulatory Assessment @ambulatory-assessment.org · 2d

We are looking for 1-2 new members to join our communications committee. Only prerequisite is being a member of #SAA. Please reach out if you are interested!

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Health Psychology Review @healthpsychrev.bsky.social · 9d

New open access review of 100 studies (18k+ participants): Stress in daily life is mostly self-reported, rarely physiological. Findings are mixed: stress links to both healthier & unhealthier behaviours. Standardised measures & better study quality are needed.

Full text here: doi.org/p49j

Screenshot of the first page of the article. Title: Assessment of stress and its relationship with health behaviour in daily life: a systematic review

Also includes authors and abstract.

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Society for Ambulatory Assessment @ambulatory-assessment.org · 14d

The Society for Ambulatory Assessment #SAA is now also on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/soci...

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Society for Ambulatory Assessment | 58 followers on LinkedIn. A scientific society to advance the use of Ambulatory Assessment and related real-life data capture technologies. | Ambulatory Assessment ...

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Center for Contextual Psychiatry @ccp-kuleuven.bsky.social · 14d

📢 Save the Date! The REAL Workshop is coming soon.
The perfect opportunity to connect with fellow researchers and dive into experience sampling & ambulatory assessment.

✨ Plus a new update of The Open Handbook of Experience Sampling Methodology will be out soon!

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Dr. Sarah Sperry @drsarahsperry.bsky.social · 16d

Check out the final paper from my @bbrfoundation.bsky.social Young Investigator Award, now published in Nature Mental Health!

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Modeling and predicting mood instability in a longitudinal cohort of bipolar disorder

Nature Mental Health - Sperry et al. used machine learning approaches to investigate profiles of mood instability and create a prediction model for clinical and functioning outcomes using data from...

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Society for Ambulatory Assessment @ambulatory-assessment.org · 24d

Position as Ecological Momentary Assessment lab manager in Vienna @univie.ac.at with SAA member @lauramkoenig.bsky.social.

Dr. Laura M. König @lauramkoenig.bsky.social · 24d

Re-advertisement: #HPGVienna @univie.ac.at is hiring! We are looking for a PhD-level researcher excited about all things EMA to join us as Senior Scientist/ Lab Manager as soon as possible. Position is initially for 4.25 years & part-time (50% FTE) (more info in 🧵).
jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Senior-S...

Senior Scientist at the Faculty of Psychology. Start date 1 October 2025 or as soon as possible thereafter. 20 hours per week. Salary according to the collective bargaining agreement §48 VwGr. B1 lit. b (postdoc). Contract (initially) limited for 4 years and 3 months. Job ID: 4269

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Society for Ambulatory Assessment @ambulatory-assessment.org · 24d

The #SAA September 2025 newsletter is out: ambulatory-assessment.org/newsletter-s...
Learn more about exciting research conducted by our members, why SAA conferences are a great opportunity for early career researchers, and key info about the #SAA2026 conference in Vienna @saa2026.bsky.social.

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Society for Ambulatory Assessment @ambulatory-assessment.org · Aug 30

Congratulations to SAA member @alearuf.bsky.social for winning the @ehps.bsky.social PhD award 👏 In her thesis, she developed an EMA tool to capture dietary data and proposed an improved data analysis strategy to test stress-diet associations in daily life

Dr. Laura M. König @lauramkoenig.bsky.social · Aug 26

A proud moment for #HPGVienna: @alearuf.bsky.social receives the Herman Schaalma award for her PhD thesis 👏 Such a well-deserved recognition of her hard work! Alea, we are very happy to have you in Vienna @univie.ac.at and to work with you! #EHPS2025

Dr Alea Ruf receives the Herman Schaalma PhD award from the European Health Psychology Societ

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ramonaschoedel.bsky.social @ramonaschoedel.bsky.social · Aug 30

🔍📱How does your ESM design-fixed vs. random beeps, proactive vs. triggered by smartphone usage-shape your data quality, quantity, and findings? Our latest paper dives into these crucial questions! If you are working with ESM or mobile sensing data, this is a must-read 😉:
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Society for Ambulatory Assessment 2026 Conference @saa2026.bsky.social · Aug 22

#SAA2026 key dates:
📭 abstract submissions will open 1 December 2025 and close 16 January 2026
📨 acceptance notifications will be sent at the end of March 2026 - registration will open at the same time
🦜 early bird registration will close at the end of April 2026

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Society for Ambulatory Assessment 2026 Conference @saa2026.bsky.social · Aug 20

We are very excited to host the 2026 conference of @ambulatory-assessment.org at @univie.ac.at! Save the date: 3-5 August 2026 #SAA2026
Follow us for updates on the exciting conference programme and networking opportunities.

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Dr. Anja Feneberg @afeneberg.bsky.social · Aug 9

Already looking forward to next years trip to #Vienna and another great conference #SAA2026

Dr. Laura M. König @lauramkoenig.bsky.social · Aug 9

If you enjoyed #ICBM2025 and use Ambulatory Assessment/ Ecological Momentary Assessment methods, consider planning another trip to Vienna next year: @ambulatory-assessment.org will meet here on 3-5 August 2026 #SAA2026. More info soon on univie.eventsair.com/saa2026/

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Zachary Cohen @depressionlab.bsky.social · Aug 9

Definitely hoping I get to join for @ambulatory-assessment.org #SAA2026 in Vienna!

Dr. Laura M. König @lauramkoenig.bsky.social · Aug 9

If you enjoyed #ICBM2025 and use Ambulatory Assessment/ Ecological Momentary Assessment methods, consider planning another trip to Vienna next year: @ambulatory-assessment.org will meet here on 3-5 August 2026 #SAA2026. More info soon on univie.eventsair.com/saa2026/

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Dr. Laura M. König @lauramkoenig.bsky.social · Aug 9

If you enjoyed #ICBM2025 and use Ambulatory Assessment/ Ecological Momentary Assessment methods, consider planning another trip to Vienna next year: @ambulatory-assessment.org will meet here on 3-5 August 2026 #SAA2026. More info soon on univie.eventsair.com/saa2026/

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Eiko Fried @eikofried.bsky.social · Jul 30

Psychologists & related fields: what is a big methods question that you believe remains somewhat unanswered & that you'd love to see adressed? There may be an opportunity for a large-scale meta-science project with many teams trying to figure out a question.

Any thoughts welcome! #psychscisky

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Society for Ambulatory Assessment @ambulatory-assessment.org · Jul 21

Congratulations on @ambulatory-assessment.org Communications Committee member @ansosin.bsky.social for successfully defending her PhD! 👏💐

Anne Grünert @ansosin.bsky.social · Jul 21

Not many words are needed: Last Wednesday, I closed this chapter and successfully completed my PhD! 🥰

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Dr. Laura M. König @lauramkoenig.bsky.social · Jul 2

#HPGVienna is hiring! We are looking for a senior scientist to join our team and to manage the department's Ecological Momentary Assessment lab. We offer a lovely team, lots of support, and a potentially tenured position!
Apply by 27 July: jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Senior-S...
#HealtPsych #BehSci

Senior Scientist

47 Fakultät für Psychologie

Besetzung ab: 01.10.2025 | Stundenausmaß: 20,00 | Einstufung KV: §48 VwGr. B1 lit. b (postdoc)

Befristung bis: 31.12.2029

Stellen ID: 4269

Es gibt viele gute Gründe, an der Universität Wien forschen und lehren zu wollen. Und einen, warum sich rund 7.500 wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiter*innen vor Ihnen für diese Universität entschieden haben. Sie verstehen sich als Persönlichkeiten, die Spielraum für kontinuierlichen Anspruch, internationale Spitzenforschung und wissenschaftliche Exzellenz brauchen. Und dabei Freiheiten und Services genießen, wie sie an anderen Institutionen nicht selbstverständlich sind. Das möchten Sie auch? Herzlich willkommen in unserem Team!
Ihr persönlicher Spielraum:

Die Fakultät für Psychologie der Universität Wien umfasst das Dekanat, ein StudienServiceCenter sowie vier Institute.
Die zu besetzende Position als Senior Scientist und Labormanager*in ist an der Professur für Gesundheitspsychologie (Prof. Dr. Laura M. König) am Institut für Klinische und Gesundheitspsychologie angesiedelt. Sie untersuchen zusammen mit der Arbeitsgruppe psychologische, soziale und Umweltfaktoren, die zur Ausführung verschiedener Gesundheitsverhaltensweisen beitragen. Ein Schwerpunkt liegt dabei auf dem Ernährungs- und Bewegungsverhalten. Weitere Forschungsschwerpunkte der Professur sind:

die Entwicklung und Evaluation von Gesundheitsverhaltensinterventionen, inkl. auf die physische Umwelt fokussierter und digitaler Interventionen
die Auswirkung der Studienteilnahme auf das Erleben und Verhalten der Proband*innen (research participation effects)
soziale Ungleichheiten in der digitalen Gesundheitsförderung (Digital Divide)
Frauen*gesundheit
Wissenschaftskommunikation.

Für weitere Informationen: https://gesundheit-psy.univie.ac.at/.
Die Arbeitsgruppe setzt sich aktiv für offene und reproduzierbare Wissenschaft (z.B. durch Präregistrierung und das Teilen von Materialien und Daten) und Wissenscha…

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Laura Bringmann 🟥 @bringmannlaura.bsky.social · Jun 26

Want to learn about dynamic modeling for daily diary, experience sampling, ecological momentary assessment data? 😎

Register for our online course ‘Modeling the dynamics of intensive longitudindal data’ which starts in October 2025! 🤩

utrechtsummerschool.nl/courses/data...

Modelling the Dynamics of Intensive Longitudinal Data (e-learning) 2025 | Utrecht Summer School

This online course covers how time series models can be used to model the dynamics of intensive longitudinal data (ILD).

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The ESM Item Repository @esmrepository.bsky.social · Jun 23

The ESM Item Repository needs your help! We're applying for funding 💰and we need people to tell us how they have used the Repository in their work. If you are willing to be contacted ✉️ by the Repository team to tell us more about this, please reply to this post and please share! #OpenScience

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Dr. Laura M. König @lauramkoenig.bsky.social · Jun 21

Stay tuned for #SAA2026! We at #HPGVienna @univie.ac.at are very much looking forward to welcoming @ambulatory-assessment.org and you to our beautiful city. Abstract submission will open on December 1st. More information will be published soon on the conference website: univie.eventsair.com/saa2026/

Next year, the SAA annual conference will take place in Vienna. Professor Laura M. König and the Health Psychology Group will host us from 3 to 5 August 2026. An online participation option will be offered for those who are unable to travel to Vienna. More information will follow soon on the conference website: https://univie.eventsair.com/saa2026/

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Olivia Kirtley @oliviajkirtley.bsky.social · Jun 23

Have you used the @esmrepository.bsky.social in your research, e.g., to find items, contribute items, conduct measurement research, etc? We need your help! Please share. #ExperienceSamplingMethod #OpenScience @ambulatory-assessment.org

The ESM Item Repository @esmrepository.bsky.social · Jun 23

The ESM Item Repository needs your help! We're applying for funding 💰and we need people to tell us how they have used the Repository in their work. If you are willing to be contacted ✉️ by the Repository team to tell us more about this, please reply to this post and please share! #OpenScience

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Society for Ambulatory Assessment @ambulatory-assessment.org · Jun 19

Out now: The June 2025 issue of our newsletter "The Signal" ambulatory-assessment.org/june-2025/
The newsletter includes a recap of #SAA2025 @saa2025leuven.bsky.social, an outlook to #SAA2026 at @univie.ac.at, an interview with Professor Thomas Kubiak, one of the founders of SAA, and more!

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Dr. Laura M. König @lauramkoenig.bsky.social · Jun 17

🍏 Are you currently using a nutrition app that tracks your calorie intake? Consider taking part in our brief surveys to support three #HPGVienna @univie.ac.at Master students: sosci.univie.ac.at/DataDonationE
💵 Participants can enter a prize draw for 3x 100€/ $100/ £80 vouchers

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Society for Ambulatory Assessment @ambulatory-assessment.org · May 30

We are already looking forward to #SAA2026, which will take place at the @univie.ac.at 🇦🇹 from 3 to 5 August 2026. More information will follow shortly on the conference website: univie.eventsair.com/saa2026/
📅 Abstract submission will open on 1 December 2025!

Save the date: Society for Ambulatory Assessment Conference, 3-5 August 2026 in Vienna, Austria

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Jean-Paul Snijder @jpsnijder.bsky.social · May 29

#SAA2025 was fantastic! Thanks to @saa2025leuven.bsky.social!

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