This App is not for Me: Using Mobile and Wearable Technologies to Improve Adolescents' Smartphone Addiction through the Sharing of Personal Data with Parents
Journal
Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings
ISBN
9781450391573
Date Issued
2022-04-29
Author(s)
Chen, Pin Chieh
Hung, Min Wei
Lu, Hsueh Sung
Huang, Ming Chyi
Abstract
Smartphone addiction refers to the problematic use of smartphones, which can negatively impact one's quality of life and even health. We conducted a two-week technology probe study to explore the use of technologies aimed at improving smartphone addiction among seven dyads of adolescents and their parents. Interviews conducted during and after the probe study revealed that manually reporting lifestyle and well-being data could provide motivation to improve one's lifestyle and well-being by moderating phone use. Sharing smartphone use data with parents was also shown to head off negative communication loops and foster opportunities to overcome the smartphone addiction.
Subjects
family support | lifestyle factors | self-monitoring | Smartphone addiction
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Type
conference paper