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Area of Science:

  • Psychological Science
  • Clinical Psychology

Background:

  • Traditional research methods often fail to capture dynamic psychological processes.
  • Intensive longitudinal data (ILD), with numerous repeated measures, is increasingly vital for studying processes.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review the potential of ILD in clinical psychology.
  • To highlight how ILD analysis can capture within-person and between-person processes.
  • To emphasize the alignment of research questions, data collection, and analysis.

Main Methods:

  • Review of traditional research approaches and their limitations for process-oriented research.
  • Exploration of ILD analysis for studying individual trajectories and average process features.
  • Discussion on integrating advanced analytical methods with ILD.

Main Results:

  • ILD allows for the investigation of psychological processes as they unfold over time within individuals.
  • Analysis of ILD can reveal both average process characteristics and individual differences.
  • Effective ILD research necessitates careful consideration of research questions, data collection, and analytical strategies.

Conclusions:

  • ILD provides a powerful framework for advancing psychological science, particularly in clinical applications.
  • Future progress requires integrating machine learning and causal inference with ILD statistical techniques.
  • Psychological theories must become more explicit about timescales, time frames, and dynamics to leverage ILD effectively.