Abstract
To provide a scalable solution to mental health problems
caused by stress, we developed Oiva, a mobile phone
intervention for improving mental and physical wellbeing.
Oiva is based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
and its aim is to teach the users skills to increase
their psychological flexibility. The application contains
45 text, audio, and video exercises. Two user studies
demonstrated the usability and acceptability of the
application and concept. The evaluations also revealed
that the users expected guidance on the application for
performing the intervention program. They also wanted to
have possibilities to individualize the application by
saving their own reflections about the exercises as
notes. The preliminary evaluation results indicate that
Oiva is a good starting point for the further design and
research of mobile applications for reducing stress and
improving wellness
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Designing for Wellness and Behavior Change workshop proceedings |
| Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery ACM |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Publication status | Published - 2012 |
| MoE publication type | A4 Article in a conference publication |
| Event | Designing for Wellness and Behavior Change Workshop - Copenhagen, Denmark Duration: 14 Oct 2012 → … |
Workshop
| Workshop | Designing for Wellness and Behavior Change Workshop |
|---|---|
| Country/Territory | Denmark |
| City | Copenhagen |
| Period | 14/10/12 → … |
Keywords
- Wellbeing
- mobile applications
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- user studies