Manifesting breath: empirical evidence for the integration of shape-changing biofeedback-based artefacts within digital mental health interventions
Manifesting breath: empirical evidence for the integration of shape-changing biofeedback-based artefacts within digital mental health interventions
Digital interventions are often used to support people with mental health conditions, but low engagement frequently reduces their effectiveness. We investigate the use of a Physical Artefact for Well-being Support (PAWS) to improve engagement and effectiveness of an audio-only guided well-being intervention. Through our handheld shape-changing biofeedback-based PAWS, users can synchronously feel their breath via kinaesthetic haptic feedback. By evaluating our device in a randomised-controlled experimental paradigm (N=58), we demonstrate significant reductions in physiological and subjective (self-reported) anxiety compared to an audio-only control. Our findings conclude that synchronous interactions with one‘s own physiological data via the PAWS, improves engagement and effectiveness of an intervention.
Biofeedback, Breath, Engagement, Mental Health, Mental Well-being, Physical Artefact for Well-being Support (PAWS), Physicalization, Psychological Accessibility, Shape-Change
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Farrall, Alexz
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Taylor, Jordan
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Ainsworth, Ben
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Alexander, Jason
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19 April 2023
Farrall, Alexz
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Taylor, Jordan
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Ainsworth, Ben
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Alexander, Jason
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Farrall, Alexz, Taylor, Jordan, Ainsworth, Ben and Alexander, Jason
(2023)
Manifesting breath: empirical evidence for the integration of shape-changing biofeedback-based artefacts within digital mental health interventions.
CHI PLAY '23: The Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play, , Stratford, Canada.
10 - 13 Oct 2023.
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(doi:10.1145/3544548.3581188).
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Digital interventions are often used to support people with mental health conditions, but low engagement frequently reduces their effectiveness. We investigate the use of a Physical Artefact for Well-being Support (PAWS) to improve engagement and effectiveness of an audio-only guided well-being intervention. Through our handheld shape-changing biofeedback-based PAWS, users can synchronously feel their breath via kinaesthetic haptic feedback. By evaluating our device in a randomised-controlled experimental paradigm (N=58), we demonstrate significant reductions in physiological and subjective (self-reported) anxiety compared to an audio-only control. Our findings conclude that synchronous interactions with one‘s own physiological data via the PAWS, improves engagement and effectiveness of an intervention.
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Published date: 19 April 2023
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This project has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (853063) and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) (EP/L016540/1).
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CHI PLAY '23: The Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play, , Stratford, Canada, 2023-10-10 - 2023-10-13
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Biofeedback, Breath, Engagement, Mental Health, Mental Well-being, Physical Artefact for Well-being Support (PAWS), Physicalization, Psychological Accessibility, Shape-Change
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