Persuasive Technology in Climate Change Interventions: A Systematic Review Protocol (Preprint)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kirti Sundar Sahu ◽  
Kiemute Oyibo ◽  
Arlene Oetomo ◽  
Plinio Pelegrini Morita
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Systematic Review ◽  
Behaviour Change ◽  
Digital Library ◽  
Persuasive Technology ◽  
Climate Change Research ◽  
Persuasive Strategies ◽  
Persuasive Technologies ◽  
Review Protocol ◽  
Climate Crisis

BACKGROUND The climate crisis is one of the biggest challenges of our time. Technological innovations particularly, persuasive technology have been identified as a veritable tool for effecting behaviour change in the climate-change domain. However, there is limited work on the synthesis of the findings of the existing literature on persuasive technology and climate-change interventions. Therefore, we aim to conduct a systematic review based on the PRISMA-P protocol to examine how persuasive technologies have been used hitherto as a motivational tool to address the problem of climate change and foster behaviour change. OBJECTIVE The objectives of this study are to explore, how effective is persuasive technology in fostering behaviour change aimed at reducing climate change, what persuasive strategies are being employed to promote positive behaviours aimed at reducing climate change, what behaviour theories are being employed in developing persuasive technologies aimed at reducing climate change, what are the behavioural outcomes targeted by persuasive technologies aimed at reducing climate change and what are the study methodologies being employed in persuasive technology/climate change research? METHODS Scopus, PubMed (MEDLINE), IEEE Xplore Digital Library, ACM Digital Library, Web of Science, and ProQuest databases were searched between October 30, 2020, and November 20, 2020, using specific keywords related to “persuasive technology” and "climate change." For the articles to be included in the systematic review, they must have been peer-reviewed user studies that evaluated the effectiveness of persuasive technology designs, prototypes, or implementations that promoted positive behaviours to reduce climate change. RESULTS Summarized findings of the eligible studies will be tabulated under specific themes as described in the objectives of the study. The findings will relate to the effectiveness of persuasive technologies, persuasive strategies employed in technical solutions for climate change, a range of applications of behavioural theories for climate change, targeted behavioural outcomes, etc. CONCLUSIONS The systematic review will help uncover empirical findings on behavioural outcomes related to climate-change persuasive interventions such as adoption intention, attitude, compliance with environmental guidelines, and adherence to pro-environmental behaviours.

scholarly journals Persuasive Context

2021 ◽  
Vol Volume 9, Number 1, Special... (Special Issue...) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony Foulonneau ◽  
Gaëlle Calvary ◽  
Eric Villain
Keyword(s):  
Influence Factors ◽  
Persuasive Technology ◽  
Nous Proposons ◽  
Human Behaviors ◽  
Persuasive Strategies ◽  
User Context ◽  
Persuasive Technologies

The background of persuasive technologies is the traditional interpersonal persuasion, studied for over two thousand years in rethoric, philosophy, and more recently in psychology. This last discipline offers many theories and models to understand more precisely the processes that influence human behaviors. These theories show in particular that persuasive situations are complex, varied, with many influence factors. Therefore, we propose the notion of adaptive persuasive technologies, i.e. technologies able to adapt their persuasive strategies to the user context. To design such products and services, we propose a model of the persuasive context, i.e. of all the constraints that influence a user’s targeted behavior at a given time. Each constraint in the persuasive context is at the same time an adaptation criterion and an action leverage for the adaptive persuasive technology. Les technologies persuasives ont pour fondement la persuasion inter-personnelle, étudiée depuis plus de deux millénaires dans le champ de la rhétorique, de la philosophie, et plus récemment de la psychologie. Cette dernière discipline propose des théories et des modèles pour rendre compte et comprendre les processus à l’œuvre dans le choix d’un comportement. Ces théories montrent en particulier que les situations persuasives sont complexes, variées, avec de nombreux facteurs d’influence. C’est pourquoi nous proposons la notion de technologies persuasives adaptatives, des technologies capables d’adapter leurs stratégies de persuasion à l’utilisateur dans son contexte. Pour mettre en œuvre ces dispositifs, nous proposons une modélisation du contexte persuasif, c’est-à-dire de l’ensemble des contraintes qui influencent l’adoption d’un comportement cible par un individu à un instant donné. Chacune de ces contraintes est à la fois un critère d’adaptation et un levier d’action dans la quête persuasive de la technologie.

scholarly journals Design for the Passengers’ Sustainable Behaviour in a Scenario of the In-Flight Catering Service

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 3231-3240
Author(s):  
Fangzhou You ◽  
Tracy Bhamra ◽  
Debra Lilley
Keyword(s):  
Survey Data ◽  
Behaviour Change ◽  
Food Waste ◽  
Food Packaging ◽  
Persuasive Technology ◽  
Environmental Attitude ◽  
Environmental Behaviour ◽  
Persuasive Strategies ◽  
Poor Predictor ◽  
Waste Classification

AbstractThis research aims to study the passenger's sustainable attitudes, in-flight catering behaviour, and to develop a persuasive model for behaviour change. Current studies towards the in-flight catering waste are primarily focused on dealing the recyclable materials such as cupboard, newspaper and food packaging. In a survey of 624 respondents, the environmental attitude was a poor predictor of environmental behaviour. The survey data were used to develop the persuasive model based on Persuasive Technology. Four phases of the in-flight catering are based on data from the passenger survey. In-flight touchpoints performed with persuasive function is proposed to raise awareness of food waste classification onboard. This study illustrates how persuasive strategies can change the passenger's food-wasting behaviour.

Associations between Behaviour Change Techniques and engagement with mobile health apps: Systematic review protocol (Preprint)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Madison Milne-Ives ◽  
Sophie Homer ◽  
Jackie Andrade ◽  
Edward Meinert
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Behaviour Change ◽  
Mobile Health ◽  
Data Extraction ◽  
Behaviour Change Techniques ◽  
Systematic Review Protocol ◽  
Health Apps ◽  
Health Behaviour Change ◽  
Mobile Health Apps ◽  
Review Protocol

BACKGROUND The use of digitally-enabled care and the emphasis on self-management of health is growing. Mobile health apps provide a promising means of supporting health behaviour change; however, engagement with them is often poor and evidence of their impact on health outcomes is lacking. As engagement is a key prerequisite to health behaviour change, it is essential to understand how engagement with mobile health apps and their target health behaviours can be better supported. Despite an increasing recognition of the importance of engagement in the literature, there is still a lack of understanding of how different components of engagement are associated with specific techniques that aim to change behaviours. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this systematic review protocol is to provide a synthesis of the associations between various Behaviour Change Techniques (BCTs)and the different components of engagement (and their outcome measures) with mobile health apps. METHODS The review protocol was structured using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Protocols (PRISMA-P) and the Population, Intervention, Comparator, and Outcome (PICO) frameworks. Six databases will be systematically searched: PubMed, Embase, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), APA PsycInfo, ScienceDirect, and Web of Science. Title and abstract screening, full-text review, and data extraction will be conducted by two independent reviewers. Data will be extracted into a predetermined form, and any disagreements in screening or data extraction will be discussed, with a third reviewer consulted if consensus cannot be reached. Risk of bias will be assessed using the Cochrane Collaboration Risk of Bias 2 and ROBINS-I tools and descriptive and thematic analyses will be used to summarise the relationships between BCTs and the different components of engagement. RESULTS The systematic review has not been started. It is expected to be completed and submitted for publication by January 2022. CONCLUSIONS This systematic review will summarize the associations between different BCTs and various components and measures of engagement with mobile health apps. This will identify areas where further research is needed to examine BCTs that could potentially support effective engagement and help to inform the design and evaluation of future mobile health apps. CLINICALTRIAL PROSPERO (reference number TBD)

Are Persuasive Technologies Really Able to Communicate?

2015 ◽  
pp. 396-410
Author(s):  
Christian Linder
Keyword(s):  
Speech Act ◽  
Discourse Ethics ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Persuasive Technology ◽  
Speech Act Theory ◽  
Mutual Understanding ◽  
Persuasive Strategies ◽  
Moral Content ◽  
Persuasive Technologies ◽  
Interesting Approach

Since a while the ethics of persuasive technology (PT) have been discussed. One interesting approach is the assessment of PTs in the light of discourse ethics and the speech-act theory as proposed recently. While some see such an approach as promising, the author will illustrate that the application of discourse ethics is only appropriate for a few limited persuasive strategies. It is argued that most often PT does not provide the essentials of a discourse; reason or arguments to convince the counterpart. In line with discourse ethics the elements of speech-act theory refer to the preconditions every debater has to subscribe to in order to reach a mutual understanding that is the ultimate goal of a discourse. It is evident that PT has to deal with serious problems in order to fulfill the preconditions such as comprehensibility, truth, truthfulness and legitimacy. If discourse ethics is the theoretical framework which reflects the moral content of PT, the intention of the designer and his arguments or reasons have to be taken into account. It is argued that this often contradicts the purpose of persuasion or manipulation if PT is applied. This paper provides propositions that should ensure that the design of PT fulfill the basic requirements of discourse ethics.

Are Persuasive Technologies Really Able to Communicate?

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Linder
Keyword(s):  
Speech Act ◽  
Discourse Ethics ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Persuasive Technology ◽  
Speech Act Theory ◽  
Mutual Understanding ◽  
Persuasive Strategies ◽  
Moral Content ◽  
Persuasive Technologies ◽  
Interesting Approach

Since a while the ethics of persuasive technology (PT) have been discussed. One interesting approach is the assessment of PTs in the light of discourse ethics and the speech-act theory as proposed recently. While some see such an approach as promising, the author will illustrate that the application of discourse ethics is only appropriate for a few limited persuasive strategies. It is argued that most often PT does not provide the essentials of a discourse; reason or arguments to convince the counterpart. In line with discourse ethics the elements of speech-act theory refer to the preconditions every debater has to subscribe to in order to reach a mutual understanding that is the ultimate goal of a discourse. It is evident that PT has to deal with serious problems in order to fulfill the preconditions such as comprehensibility, truth, truthfulness and legitimacy. If discourse ethics is the theoretical framework which reflects the moral content of PT, the intention of the designer and his arguments or reasons have to be taken into account. It is argued that this often contradicts the purpose of persuasion or manipulation if PT is applied. This paper provides propositions that should ensure that the design of PT fulfill the basic requirements of discourse ethics.

scholarly journals Do empirical observations support commonly-held climate change range shift hypotheses? A systematic review protocol

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Madeleine A. Rubenstein ◽  
Sarah R. Weiskopf ◽  
Shawn L. Carter ◽  
Mitchell J. Eaton ◽  
Ciara Johnson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Systematic Review ◽  
Range Shift ◽  
Systematic Review Protocol ◽  
Review Protocol

Persuasive Technology in a mHealth application for Pelvic Floor Muscle Training among pregnant women (Preprint)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aida Jaffar ◽  
Chai-Eng Tan ◽  
Sherina Mohd-Sidik ◽  
Novia Indriaty Admodisastro ◽  
Felicity Goodyear-Smith
Keyword(s):  
Pelvic Floor ◽  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Behaviour Change ◽  
Pelvic Floor Muscle Training ◽  
Pelvic Floor Muscle ◽  
Change Theory ◽  
Persuasive Technology ◽  
Muscle Training ◽  
Persuasive Strategies ◽  
Mhealth Apps

BACKGROUND Urinary incontinence common among pregnant women with first-line management is pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT). To develop a mHealth app in self-management of UI is by designing a unique PFMT app for pregnant women. The development should be based on the behavioural change theory and should be able to persuasive towards them. Persuasive strategies are essential to attract the patients' attention or targeted population to adhere to the app. The Behaviour Change Wheel Framework (BCW) provides a systematic approach with methodology replicable which consists of nineteen frameworks that may be able to focus on the appropriate intervention. OBJECTIVE This study is to identify the mHealth applications for PFMT published in peer-reviewed journals, describe the principles of persuasion used for each app, and suggest a mHealth application’s design based on the COM-B theoretical framework. METHODS A systematic literature review approach was performed to find the eligible articles. This literature search aimed to answer three main research questions: 1) What are the mHealth apps for PFMT available in the databases? 2) What are the persuasive strategies used in their studies? and 3) What is the successful outcome of PFMT adherence with the selected persuasive strategies used? The databases that we searched were MEDLINE, CINAHL, Web of Science, and Scopus database using PRISMA flowchart. The search keywords were as follows: (“pelvic floor muscle training” OR “pelvic floor muscle exercise” OR “Kegel exercise”) AND (“women” OR “pregnant women” OR “pregnancy” OR “postpartum”) AND (“digital health” OR “mHealth” OR “mobile health” OR “mobile application” OR “smartphone” OR “mobile app” OR “smartphone app”). Full-text articles were further assessed and discussed by the two reviewers, and the consensus was achieved through discussion with the third reviewer. RESULTS The search found 169 records screened for titles and abstracts, 53 full texts were reviewed, and 11 articles met with the selection criteria and were included in the review. A total of 3546 PFMT mHealth app users with a mean age range from 29.3 to 54 years old. 9 mHealth apps were designed for PFMT with 4 out of 9 may have used the authority strategies to improve PFMT adherence. 1 out of 9 used operant conditioning as the behaviour change theory. These apps reported favourable PFMT adherence outcomes. CONCLUSIONS Persuasive technology with BCW framework will enable healthcare providers to approach the target behaviour holistically and develop the intervention comprehensively in general practice. The future mHealth app will enable pregnant women to adhere to the PFMT and adopt this as new behaviour even after the postnatal period.

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