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	Longitudinal Diary Method	Dagboksmetoden
Ämnesområde	Surveymetodik	Surveymetodik
Familj	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Ursprungsår	1942 (diary method); longitudinal variant formalised 1980s–2000s	1920s–1940s (systematised by Allport, 1942)
Upphovsperson	Allport (1942); systematic longitudinal extension developed by Bolger, Davis & Rafaeli (2003)	Gordon Allport (systematic social-science use); Nels Anderson (early fieldwork diaries)
Typ	Longitudinal qualitative/quantitative data collection	Qualitative / mixed-methods data-collection technique
Ursprungskälla	Bolger, N., Davis, A., & Rafaeli, E. (2003). Diary methods: Capturing life as it is lived. Annual Review of Psychology, 54(1), 579–616.	Alaszewski, A. (2006). Using Diaries for Social Research. Sage. ISBN: 978-0761941415
Alias	diary study (longitudinal), daily diary method, repeated-measures diary, longitudinal self-report diary	diary study, diary technique, self-report diary, daily diary method
Närliggande	3	5
Sammanfattning	The Longitudinal Diary Method is a data collection technique in which participants record experiences, thoughts, feelings, or behaviors in structured diary entries repeatedly over an extended period — from days to months or even years. Unlike a one-shot survey, it tracks within-person change, daily fluctuation, and temporal processes in natural settings, making it especially powerful for studying how phenomena evolve over time.	The diary method is a data-collection technique in which participants record their thoughts, behaviours, events, or experiences in their own words at regular or event-contingent intervals over a defined study period. By capturing data close in time to the event, diaries reduce retrospective recall bias and give researchers access to the texture of everyday life as it unfolds — something one-off surveys and retrospective interviews cannot provide.