Advancing the measurement of psychotherapy outcomes for youth with irritability using in vivo ecological momentary assessment: an exploratory observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Ecological momentary assessment (EMA) can reveal naturalistic within-person changes in symptoms and behaviors, essential for examining psychotherapy's effectiveness. However, no prior study has leveraged EMA to assess real-time, naturalistic changes of clinical symptoms during psychotherapy in youth with clinically impairing irritability. The present study uses EMA to assess changes in both child-reported irritability symptoms and caregiver-reported parental behaviors over the course of treatment, as well as to explore real-time associations between changes in parental behaviors and youth symptoms.

Method

Here, in an observational analysis, a total of 39 youth (M_age = 11.26 years [SD = 1.89 years]; 35.9% female; 79.5% White) undergoing exposure-based co

SUBMITTER: Naim R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12832213 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature