This paper explores the use of story-based text messages to improve mental wellness. Formative interviews and focus groups with 15 participants identified desired story elements like authenticity and relatability. A subsequent deployment with 42 participants examined story content and format challenges. The study found that stories helped participants reflect on their thinking patterns, highlighting design implications for mental wellness interventions using story-based text messages.
Publisher
Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact.
Published On
Nov 01, 2022
Authors
Ananya Bhattacharjee, Joseph Jay Williams, Karrie Chou, Justice Tomlinson, Jonah Meyerhoff, Alex Mariakakis, Rachel Kornfield
Tags
mental wellness
story-based text messages
authenticity
relatability
participant reflection
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