Can Beneficial Habits Be Induced through Reflection?

Author:

Colineau, Nathalie; Paris, Cecile

Date of Publication:

2010-06-20

Publication Type:

Conference Material

Conference Name:

User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization, Hawaii, USA, June 20-24, 2010

Pages:

13-22

Abstract:

Persuasive technology aims at changing people’s behaviour. In health, in particular, such technology tries to promote healthy habits. Systems using persuasive techniques typically provide an external motivation (e.g., a reward). They often face two challenges: what reward will make people change their behaviour, and how can people maintain a healthy habit once the reward has been removed. Both are heavily debated issues. In our work, we look at encouraging reflection and see if it can lead to an intrinsic motivation, which in turn can affect behaviour. If it is possible to induce an intrinsic motivation, the two challenges mentioned above would disappear. In this paper, we present a study we conducted in the health domain: we tried to encourage people to reflect on their lifestyle and find ways to improve it. We present some of the interesting findings regarding intrinsic motivation and behavioural change from our study.

Publisher:

Springer

Keywords:

Intrinsic motivation; reflection; behaviour change; reward mechanism; heath promotion

Field Of Research:

Human Information Behaviour

Rights Notice:

©Springer

Series Title & No:

Workshop on User Models for Motivational Systems

Identifier:

EP101243

Publication Sub Type:

Conference Paper - Refereed

Language:

English

Attribution Statement:

Colineau, Nathalie; Paris, Cecile. Can Beneficial Habits Be Induced through Reflection?. In: User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization; June 20-24, 2010; Hawaii, USA. Springer; 2010. 13-22. csiro:EP101243. http://hdl.handle.net/102.100.100/107651?index=1