DIY Digital Interventions: Behaviour Change with Trigger-Action Programming
Scott, Ava Elizabeth and Reicherts, Leon and Purohit, Aditya Kumar and Hossain, Elahi and Stefanidi, Evropi and Wagener, Nadine and Schöning, Johannes and Rogers, Yvonne and Holzer, Adrian
Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact.
Whether it is sleep, diet, or procrastination, changing behaviours can be challenging. Individuals could design and build their own personalised digital interventions to help them reach their goals, but little is known about this process. Building upon previous research we propose the Behaviour Change with Trigger-Action Programming (BC-TAP) model which describes how individuals could bridge the gap between their current and desired behaviour through the creation of 'Do-It-Yourself' (DIY) digital interventions. We conducted a two-day participatory workshop based on the BC-TAP model with 28 participants. Participants articulated plans to change a behaviour of their choice and represented these plans in mobile device automations. After using their interventions for up to three weeks, participants reflected on their experience. Our findings report opportunities and challenges at each stage of the process. While formulating a digital proxy for certain behaviours was challenging, both failures and successes facilitated participants' awareness of their behaviour, and their ability to change it.
September / 2024
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Association for Computing Machinery
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