How Personal Trainer Uses Experience Sampling Method to Measure Change

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The Experience Sampling Method (ESM) is a reliable procedure for evaluating daily lives and individuals’ activities, feelings, and experiences throughout the day. The ESM was designed to gather data about thoughts, feelings, or behaviors in day-to-day activities within scientific investigations involving human participants. Noteworthy, it not only evaluates people’s experiences and feelings but also connects them to the situations, time of the day, surroundings, and other circumstances (de Vries et al., 2021). Personal trainers can use ESM to measure clients’ experiences, emotions, feelings, and behaviors in their natural environment during their routine weight-loss training. With this technique, the personal trainer can map snacking behavior in the client’s daily life. Research indicates that unhealthy dieting, particularly between-meal food intake, is increasingly attributed to weight gains and obesity (Wouters et al., 2016). Moreover, between-meal intake of snacks is increasingly perceived as a practical outlet for handling stress and emotions. Therefore, the personal tr...