TOC thesis

[Christel De Maeyer]

Dear participants,

Long time no hear, hope you are well! I have been writing these last two and half weeks. And I will share with you my 90 % definite TOC of my thesis.

There is still some work to do before it is finished, but it is slowly coming to an end. I've been processing the data today, and I can tell you based on the data, that the men in the research did very well! Almost all of them succeeded in their targets. Continued tracking themselves most consciously. Were very stable in behavior. So congrats to them!

Here is the complete TOC.

Oh and if you can tell me if someone is still wearing the Armband now?

Thanks and talk to you later, keep you posted on finishing this work!

Christel

Abstract                                                                                                                                                                                 9

Keywords                                                                                                                                                                                11

1.    Introduction                                                                                                                                                      11

1.1.  Framework of Persuasive technology                                                                                                14

1.1.1.    Online Persuasive Technology                                                                                                                15

1.1.2.    Mass Interpersonal Persuasion                                                                                                             16

1.1.3.    Mobile Persuasion                                                                                                                                           16

1.2.   Wearable devices – technologies                                                                                                         17

1.2.1.    The arm or wristbands                                                                                                                                 18

1.2.2.    Data presentation in dashboards and apps that come with these devices                21

1.2.3.    Taxonomy of selftracking process                                                                                                      23

1.2.3.1. Goal setting                                                                                                                                                             23

1.2.3.2. Data upload and interpretation                                                                                                                 24

1.2.3.3. Communication - coaching                                                                                                                           24

1.2.3.4. Personal coaching                                                                                                                                               25

2. Personal Informatics                                                                                                                                   25

2.1. Goal setting in Personal Informtics a deeper understanding                                          29

2.2. Digital history  - Mirrors of life experience                                                                                  30

2.3. Different effects in Personal Informatics                                                                                      36

2.3.1. The Big Data idea                                                                                                                                                   36

2.3.2 A data-driven life or living by numbers                                                                                                 38

2.4. The relationship between humans, conscious and machines.                                            40

2.5. The Digital divide                                                                                                                                                 41

3. Behavior change and self monitoring                                                                                      42

3.1. Self-monitoring and self-observation                                                                                                43

3.2. Self-knowledge and self - insight                                                                                                           47

3.3. Behavior change and motivation                                                                                                             49

3.4 Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation                                                                                                           50

3.5 Fogg Behavior Model                                                                                                                                           52

3.6    Behavior Grid                                                                                                                                                        54

3.6.1.The Transtheoretical Model                                                                                                                        56

4.    From Quantified Self to Preventive Healthcare                                                     61

4.1. Preventive health care – preventive medicine                                                                              62

4.2. Different ideas in realizing Preventive health care                                                               65

4.2.1. The quantified Self                                                                                                                                              65

4.2.2 Social Health Networks                                                                                                                                    66

4.2.3 Big Health Data                                                                                                                                                      67

4.2.4. Privacy and ownership                                                                                                                                       68

5. Empirical data on ‘Designing for Personal Health’.                                                70

5.1. Why this research?                                                                                                                                             70

5.2. Target audience for this research and motivation                                                                  72

5.3. What do we research and what method did we use.                                                                72

5.3.1 Exploration phase                                                                                                                                                  72

5.3.2.  Research method                                                                                                                                                   74

5.3.3. Sampling - Data collection                                                                                                                             75

5.3.3.1 Mid Long term research                                                                                                                                  77

5.3.4. Data collection                                                                                                                                                      77

5.3.4.1 Body Media Data collection reports                                                                                                        77

5.3.4.2 Fogg’s behavior model                                                                                                                                      79

5.3.4.3. Fogg’s Behavior grid                                                                                                                                         80

5.4 The Particpants                                                                                                                                                      81

5.5 Limitations of research                                                                                                                                    86

6. Research Results                                                                                                                                                 89

6.1.The affordance of Body Media device                                                                                                             89

6.2. Body Media and Fogg’s Behavior Model                                                                                                      90

6.3. Qualitative analysis                                                                                                                                                   91

6.3.1. Phase I Fall                                                                                                                                                                   91

6.3.2. Ease of use and adaptation process of the Body Media armband                                            91

6.3.3. Identification with the device                                                                                                                         94

6.3.4. Making small changes                                                                                                                                           95

6.3.5. Contextual factors                                                                                                                                                  96

6.3.6. Services around the device                                                                                                                               98

6.3.7. Phase I Conclusion                                                                                                                                                 98

6.4. Phase II Winter                                                                                                                                                             99

The silent period - experimental group                                                                                                                 99

6.4.1. The mental and physical triggers                                                                                                              100

6.4.2. The awareness                                                                                                                                                       100

6.4.3. Habit forming                                                                                                                                                         101

The silent period - the controlgroup                                                                                                                   101

6.4.4. Awareness  and habit forming                                                                                                                     101

6.4.5. Silent period conclusion                                                                                                                                  102

6.5. Phase III Spring                                                                                                                                                         102

6.5.1. Starting up again in the experimental group                                                                                       104

6.5.2. Mental triggers in the reboot phase.                                                                                                        104

6.5.3. Mental roadblocks in the reboot phase                                                                                                 105

6.5.3. Physical side of the device                                                                                                                              106

6.5.4. Long term use                                                                                                                                                         107

6.5.5. Data analysis                                                                                                                                                           107

6.5.6. Overall accomplishment after 7 months self-tracking                                                                109

The exerimental group                                                                                                                                                  109

6.5.7. Startup phase in the controlgroup.                                                                                                          110

6.5.8. The overall accomplishment after 7 months                                                                                     110

The controlgroup                                                                                                                                                             110

6.5.9. Contextual factors in changing behavior                                                                                              111

7. Quantitave data from the expiremental group.                                                                                         114

7.1. Conclusion of the Quantitave data                                                                                                                127

7.2. Behavior grid model applied                                                                                                                            128

8. Conclusion                                                                                                                                                                        130

References                                                                                                                                                                      133