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David Epstein
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Literature major, then neuroscience Ph.D., then addiction researcher. Enough-knowledge-to-endanger-myself in social sciences and statistics. He/him. Views my own.
![Micro interventions based on real-time monitoring of affective instability: a proof-of- concept study.
Merlijn Olthof et al.
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Design: We used a quasi-randomized within-person experimental design for testing the micro-intervention effects during increased EWMSD [exponentially weighted moving standard deviation of affect ratings] vs. control periods (with EWMSD below the threshold). At the start of the study, participants were assigned at random to one of two phases: the experimental phase (micro-intervention is applied when there is increased EWMSD) and the control phase (micro-intervention is applied semi-randomly).
[David’s comment: This is the appropriate control for Forer effects, and no one else ever uses it!]
Excerpt 2 of 3:
Interestingly, from the data viewing sessions, we also learned that there was a large heterogeneity in how persons experienced - and reacted to - the intervention and burst measurements. While some persons were really enthusiastic about the intervention, others found it annoying or confronting because they found that they had no time to engage in the intervention. Some persons never actually performed the activity they selected, some nearly always performed it in the next 30 minutes, but others used it as 'a reminder'…
[David’s comment: This is the kind of frankness we need more of.]
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These results can inform future research, which, who knows, may at some point be able test the hypothesis that we were after.
[David’s comment: OK, marry me.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7o2boh56sjssyukc6qat5uu6/bafkreifesxbw3k4cmcf3pqh4guujgoj4nbsvvwh6gilry5rklqevvpl7ky)
