Kindness is contagious: Demonstration of a persuasive intervention for wellbeing

Ana Ciocarlan, Judith Masthoff, Nir Oren

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingPublished conference contribution

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Abstract

Participating in kindness activities, being generous and showing gratitude, can help people increase their overall happiness levels and improve their levels of wellbeing. This paper describes an installation which will run during the UMAP 2018 Conference. We demonstrate how a gamified digital behavior change intervention can be used to encourage people of different personality types to engage in simple acts of kindness. The system will have implications for future work on personalising persuasive interventions for wellbeing and developing user models through self-assessment and objective behavioural outcomes.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationUMAP 2018 - Adjunct Publication of the 26th Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery, Inc
Pages219-220
Number of pages2
ISBN (Electronic)9781450357845
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2 Jul 2018
Event26th ACM International Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization, UMAP 2018 - Singapore, Singapore
Duration: 8 Jul 201811 Jul 2018
http://www.um.org/umap2018/ (Link to Official website)

Conference

Conference26th ACM International Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization, UMAP 2018
Country/TerritorySingapore
CitySingapore
Period8/07/1811/07/18
Internet address

Bibliographical note

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The first author is funded by an EPSRC doctoral training grant

Keywords

  • Adaptation
  • Engagement
  • Kindness
  • Personality
  • Persuasive Games
  • Persuasive Technology
  • Wellbeing

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