Welcome to the Experience Sampling Method (ESM) Item Repository!
We are an open science initiative, which aims to support the further development of Expierence Sampling Methodology (ESM) research by creating an open repository of existing ESM items. To achieve this, we established the ESM Item Repository in 2018. The repository portal launched in October 2019 and to date the repository contains 3300+ items, contributed by researchers from 11 different countries, and we have more on the way!
The primary aims of the ESM item repository are to:
If you would like to find out more about how to use the ESM Item Repository or contribute items, you can find all the information by navigating through our website.
How to develop and evaluate ESM items with the ESM-Q
Gudrun Eisele, November 2025
Best Practices for Submitting ESM items: A Step-by-Step Guide
Steffie Schoefs, September 2025
Six Things You Can Do With Your ESM Items (Besides Just Analyzing the Data)
Milla Pihlajamäki, June 2025
ESM Beyond Scales and Checkboxes: A Tool for Coding Open-Ended Data
Anna M. Langener & Marie Stadel, April 2025
Factor Analysis: Overrated, Misused, But Still Useful
Benjamin Kunc, March 2025
The Everyday Measures of Temporal Emotions (EMOTE) database: An open platform to request and deposit ESM data
Imogen Smith, Pete Koval, Elise Kalokerinos, & Daniel Russo-Batterham. February 2025
I lead the repository team and guide the scientific and conceptual direction of the project. I work on collecting item contributions for the repository, designing user materials for the repository, problem-solving, and output.
I am a scientific researcher and programmer at the Central Bureau of Statistics of the Netherlands. From our start at the 2018 ESM Network Meeting, I have worked on front- and backend development and maintenance of the Repository code. I am now leading the coding team.
Since joining the ESM Item Repository team in 2022, I have worked on data management and programming code for the search portal. I also am streamlining and standardising the submission of new items, to make the process faster and easier for contributors and the information clearer for our users.
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I am a research coordinator at KU Leuven, and I coordinate the collecting and processing items for inclusion in the ESM Item Repository.
Data Team Member
I joined the ESM item Repository team in 2025. I am part of the data team, identifying and harvesting ESM items from the literature to be included in the Repository, as well as cleaning and preprocessing these data.
I lead the repository team and guide the scientific and conceptual direction of the project. I work on collecting item contributions for the repository, designing user materials for the repository, problem-solving, and output.
I am responsible for overseeing the scientific objectives of the ESM item repository. Together with the team, I conducted a Delphi study with international ESM experts to develop ESM Q, a consensus-based quality assessment tool for ESM items.
I joined the ESM item Repository team in 2023. I am part of the coding team and am working on data management and programming code for the search portal.
Data manager
I am a data manager at KU Leuven. I provide database management support for the item submission system.
Benjamín Šimsa
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Johan Le Grange
Tessa Biesemans
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In the ESM Item Repository, I worked on planning and conducting the Delphi study with ESM experts, to develop quality criteria for ESM items. I also assisted with item submissions and communication with contributors. In addition, I worked on graphics and outreach materials.
Admin support
I'm based at KU Leuven, Belgium. I took care of all admin needs in this project and have built this website!
Intern
I was an intern at KU Leuven and I worked on collecting and processing items for inclusion in the repository. I also worked with the coding team to keep the back end of the repository running smoothly.
Intern
I was an intern at KU Leuven and I worked on collecting and processing items for inclusion in the ESM Item Repository.
Research Coordinator
I take care of all admin support and the coordination of the project.
I was an Erasmus+ intern at the CCP in 2024, and I worked on the Repository Special Collection for ESM items on suicidal and non-suicidal self-injurious thoughts and behaviours.
I am a an intern at the CCP and I am assisting the Data Team with harvesting and processing items for the Repository.
I was part of the data team, identifying and harvesting ESM items from the literature to be included in the Repository, as well as cleaning and preprocessing these data.
I was a research assistant at KU Leuven, and I worked on collecting and processing items for inclusion in the ESM Item Repository
I supported the project by translating incoming questionnaires from multiple languages into English.
For the Repository I mainly worked on cleaning the data before we upload them into our database, so that search queries will provide researchers with the correct data.
I am a research assistant at KU Leuven, and I work on collecting and processing items for inclusion in the ESM Item Repository
I worked with the team on coding solutions.
I am a an intern at the CCP and I am assisting the Data Team with harvesting and processing items for the Repository.
I joined the ESM item Repository team in 2023. As a member of the coding team, I am involved in the development and maintenance of the Repository search portal.
