LHAMA

Longitudinal Human Analytics Made Accessible (LHAMA) disseminates quantitative longitudinal methods for the study of interpersonal interactions. Expanding from our work using dynamic systems perspectives to study dyads, we are developing and sharing methods that help illuminate the "black box" of interpersonal interaction. In doing so, we leverage knowledge gained from the study of individual messages or global evaluations to further describe and understand the back-and-forth dynamic nature of interactions and their subsequent impact on individuals and relationships... Our goal to develop and disseminate methods for the study of interpersonal interactions began with trying to identify patterns that were indicative of emotion regulation and cognitive reappraisal within support conversations. We quickly realized that our attempts to illuminate the "black box" of support conversations was a much larger endeavor applicable to the study of interpersonal interaction generally. In turn, we..