APS

2026 APS Annual Convention

Improving Multimodal Measurement Via Better Self-Report, Cognitive, and Intensive Longitudinal Data

Friday, May 29, 2026 · Barcelona, Spain

Oral · Mental Health in Focus: Symptoms, Support & Intervention

Measurement is foundational to clinical science and care. Unfortunately, there remains significant room for improvement in measurement science both in terms of quality and scope. This symposium will review findings identifying problems and proposing solutions to improve measurement across self-report, smartphone-based cognitive tasks, and intensive-longitudinal-data, including ecological momentary assessment.

Chairs & Discussants

  • Zachary CohenChair
    University of Arizona
  • Omid EbrahimiDiscussant
    University of Oxford

Presentations

  1. When “Bothered By” Means “Often”: Evidence for Misinterpretation of the Patient Health QuestionnaireMargarita Panayiotou, Josip Razum, Gudrun Eisele, Shirley Wang, Eiko Fried, Zachary Cohen
  2. What is a valid EMA item? Relations between 12 EMA item means and 200 psychosocial risk factors in the WARN-D studyMarieke Schreuder, Rayyan Tutunji, Eiko Fried
  3. Mapping Extreme Deviations In Cognition to Transdiagnostic Compulsivity: A Normative Modelling ApproachClaire Gillan, Alice Cox
  4. Modular PHQ-9 Adaptations: Validating Single-Barreled Items, Weekly Recall, and Irritability and Libido ItemsDawson Haddox, Eiko Fried, Zachary Cohen