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This research evaluates the capability of large language models to translate multimodal behavioral data from wearables into psychopathology profiles, highlighting a critical trade-off where semantic abstraction aids self-report organization but acts as an information bottleneck for indirect sensing signals. The study introduces a clinician-in-the-loop benchmark that prioritizes evidence compatibility over diagnostic accuracy to prevent overfitting when direct ground truth is unavailable. For AI readers, the key takeaway is the inherent limitation of current models in bridging the gap between raw behavioral telemetry and complex mental health constructs without compromising predictive reliability.
Evidence-Grounded Mapping of Multimodal Human Sensing Psychological Transdiagnostic Dimensions
arXiv:2608.24903v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Mobile and wearable sensing enables longitudinal observation of behavior, yet translating these signals into meaningful mental health constructs remains difficult. We introduce a clinician-in-the-loop benchmark for evaluating whether large language models (LLMs) can generate evidence-grounded Brief Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (B-HiTOP) item profiles from passive sensing, ecological momentary assessment (EMA), and questionnaire evidence. Using the Generalization of Longitudinal Behavior Modeling (GLOBEM) dataset, we construct 14,592 participant-day instances and align multimodal evidence to 29 B-HiTOP items across five spectra. Since GLOBEM lacks B-HiTOP responses, we evaluate evidence compatibility (C) rather than diagnostic accuracy, separating substantive predictions from abstentions when evidence is insufficient for item-level scoring. Two-stage prediction improves C for EMA and questionnaire evidence, but reduces C under passive sensing and combined evidence and produces more conservative score distributions across models, spectra, and evidence settings. Overall, semantic abstraction helps organize heterogeneous self-report evidence while becoming an information bottleneck for indirect behavioral sensing signals.
Abstract:Mobile and wearable sensing enables longitudinal observation of behavior, yet translating these signals into meaningful mental health constructs remains difficult. We introduce a clinician-in-the-loop benchmark for evaluating whether large language models (LLMs) can generate evidence-grounded Brief Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (B-HiTOP) item profiles from passive sensing, ecological momentary assessment (EMA), and questionnaire evidence. Using the Generalization of Longitudinal Behavior Modeling (GLOBEM) dataset, we construct 14,592 participant-day instances and align multimodal evidence to 29 B-HiTOP items across five spectra. Since GLOBEM lacks B-HiTOP responses, we evaluate evidence compatibility (C) rather than diagnostic accuracy, separating substantive predictions from abstentions when evidence is insufficient for item-level scoring. Two-stage prediction improves C for EMA and questionnaire evidence, but reduces C under passive sensing and combined evidence and produces more conservative score distributions across models, spectra, and evidence settings. Overall, semantic abstraction helps organize heterogeneous self-report evidence while becoming an information bottleneck for indirect behavioral sensing signals.
Human-Computer Interaction (cs.HC); Machine Learning (cs.LG)
arXiv:2608.24903 [cs.HC]
(or arXiv:2608.24903v1 [cs.HC] for this version)
https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2608.24903 Focus to learn more arXiv-issued DOI via DataCite
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