This disconnect in research and practice priorities limits science-practice integration and suggests clinical researchers should focus more on within person questions.

With @aidangcw.bsky.social @whitneyringwald.bsky.social Vera Békés Katie Aafjes-van Doorn Xiaochen Luo

We then reviewed six high impact journals in assessment, psychopathology, and psychotherapy. Between-person designs predominate.

We asked clinicians what kind of research questions are most important to them, focusing on questions that could be addressed with between and within-person designs. For practice, within-person questions are at least as/more important