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Change of Heart: Emotion Tracking to Promote Behavior Change

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Victoria Hollis,

Steve WhittakerAuthors Info & Claims

CHI '15: Proceedings of the 33rd Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Pages 2643 - 2652

https://doi.org/10.1145/2702123.2702196

Published: 18 April 2015 Publication History

Abstract

Preventable behaviors contribute to many life threatening health problems. Behavior-change technologies have been deployed to modify these, but such systems typically draw on traditional behavioral theories that overlook affect. We examine the importance of emotion tracking for behavior change. First, we conducted interviews to explore how emotions influence unwanted behaviors. Next, we deployed a system intervention, in which 35 participants logged information for a self-selected, unwanted behavior (e.g., smoking or overeating) over 21 days. 16 participants engaged in standard behavior tracking using a Fact-Focused system to record objective information about goals. 19 participants used an Emotion-Focused system to record emotional consequences of behaviors. Emotion-Focused logging promoted more successful behavior change and analysis of logfiles revealed mechanisms for success: greater engagement of negative affect for unsuccessful days and increased insight were key to motivating change. We present design implications to improve behavior-change technologies with emotion tracking.

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Change of Heart: Emotion Tracking to Promote Behavior Change
1. Applied computing
  1. Law, social and behavioral sciences
2. Human-centered computing

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CHI '15: Proceedings of the 33rd Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

April 2015

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ISBN:9781450331456

DOI:10.1145/2702123

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