Alcohol Behaviour Change: Lessons Learned from User Reviews of iTunes Apps

Omar Mubin; Abdullah Al Mahmud; Muhammad Ashad Kabir

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-31510-2_9

Alcohol Behaviour Change: Lessons Learned from User Reviews of iTunes Apps

Omar Mubin, Abdullah Al Mahmud, Muhammad Ashad Kabir

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Mobile based persuasive technology can help us to shape positive behaviour and induce habit cessation. This paper reports on the preliminary content analysis of the comments made by users on a set of 18 iTunes apps that were designed to attempt to reduce the over consumption of alcohol and ultimately cut down drinking. In total 204 comments were retrieved from the set of 18 applications using data generated from a custom batch script. Our main results from the content analysis show that an efficient user interface is imperative to facilitate the user acceptance of persuasive mobile systems that attempt to inhibit consumption of alcohol. Furthermore, we noted more positive comments towards apps that adopted a self control behavioural change strategy, particularly as they followed a subtle and not abrupt interaction style. We conclude our analysis by providing a list of design recommendations for mobile apps that can assist in inhibiting alcohol consumption. Our analysis indicated that customisation and the possibility of maintaining incremental milestones were amongst the more sought after app features. © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Persuasive Technology
Subtitle of host publication	PERSUASIVE 2016
Place of Publication	Germany
Publisher	Springer
Pages	9-109
Number of pages	11
Volume	6938
ISBN (Electronic)	9783319315096
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31510-2_9
Publication status	Published - 2016
Event	11th International Conference on Persuasive Technology - Center for HCI, Salzburg, Austria Duration: 05 Apr 2016 → 07 Apr 2016 http://persuasive2016.org/?wordfence_logHuman=1&hid=DB75137B2C074FF7D3245F48ACBA3B9B

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Conference	11th International Conference on Persuasive Technology
Country/Territory	Austria
City	Salzburg
Period	05/04/16 → 07/04/16
Other	Persuasive Technology (PT) is a vibrant interdisciplinary research field, focusing on the design, development and evaluation of interactive technologies aimed at changing users’ attitudes or behaviors through persuasion and social influence, but not through coercion or deception. Persuasive technologies are used to change peoples behavior in various domains such as healthcare, sustainability, education or marketing.
Internet address	http://persuasive2016.org/?wordfence_logHuman=1&hid=DB75137B2C074FF7D3245F48ACBA3B9B

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Mubin, O, Mahmud, AA & Kabir, MA 2016, Alcohol Behaviour Change: Lessons Learned from User Reviews of iTunes Apps. in Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Persuasive Technology: PERSUASIVE 2016. vol. 6938, Springer, Germany, pp. 9-109, 11th International Conference on Persuasive Technology, Salzburg, Austria, 05/04/16. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31510-2_9

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