A playful experience sampling method to report emotions using smartwatches and emojis

Abstract

Understanding daily emotional fluctuations has many benefits, and the Experience Sampling Method can be used to assess daily emotions. However, this method requires frequent reporting throughout the day, making continuous reporting difficult, and a simpler reporting method is required. Therefore, this study proposed a simple Experience Sampling Method using emojis and smartwatches in a playful way. To examine the usefulness of the proposed method, we conducted a 14-day survey on daily emotional fluctuations using the proposed method and the conventional text-based Experience Sampling Method and compared their reporting rates. The results showed that the proposed method had a significantly higher reporting rate than the conventional method. The new ESM method developed in this study can easily capture emotional fluctuations and is expected to be used for the evaluation and analysis of emotional states and user experiences in daily life.