Understanding Psychological Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic Through ESM Data: The EMOTIONS Project

Elina Ryvkina; Lara Kroencke; Katharina Geukes; Julian Scharbert; Mitja D. Back

doi:10.5334/jopd.83

Abstract

To examine psychological responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, we conducted two large experience sampling (ESM) studies (Study 1: N_{ESM participants} = 327 and N_{ESM reports} = 29,512, Study 2: N_{ESM participants} = 2,272 and N_{ESM reports} = 64,810). Each study subsumed two 14-day ESM waves that took place before and during (Study 1) or during and after (Study 2) the first nationwide COVID-19 lockdown in Germany. We describe the assessed variables on the trait (e.g., personality) and state (e.g., momentary emotions) level. All data sets and codebooks are shared on osf.io/6kzx3/. The EMOTIONS data are open to collaboration and inclusion in reviews/meta-analyses.

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Understanding Psychological Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic Through ESM Data: The EMOTIONS Project

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