Positive Technology: Designing E-experiences for Positive Change

Editorial

09 July 2019

Editorial: Positive Technology: Designing E-experiences for Positive Change

Andrea Gaggioli

Daniela Villani

Silvia Serino

Rosa Banos

and

Cristina Botella

18,253 views

35 citations

Editors

Andrea Gaggioli

Catholic University of the Sacred Heart

Daniela Villani

Catholic University of the Sacred Heart

Silvia Serino

Department of Psychology, Università degli Studi-Milano Bicocca

ROSA M. BAÑOS

University of Valencia

Cristina Botella

University of Jaume I

Impact

ER is composed of different facets: Cognitive mechanisms, behavioral aspects and physiological processes. The integration of different technologies could grasp all these facets, leading to a more comprehensive understanding of ER. On the one hand, the use of self-reports by means of EMA could assess the three dimensions, i.e., by asking people to report them on a mobile device. On the other hand, the use of embedded-sensors and biosensors could further increase the quantity and objectivity of this information. Cognitive processes, such as attentional deployment or attentional bias, could be investigated using an eye-tracker or other implicit measures like Go/No Go Tasks. Behaviours could be assessed using data gathered from embedded sensors, like number of calls/messages or use of social networks. Finally, the underlying physiological processes could be grasped thanks to wearable biosensors, such as wrist-watches that monitor HRV or GSR parameters. ER, emotion regulation; EMA, ecological momentary assessment; PPG, photoplethysmography; ECG, electrocardiogram; HRV, heart rate variability; GSR, galvanic skin response.

Perspective

18 June 2019

New Technologies for the Understanding, Assessment, and Intervention of Emotion Regulation

Desirée Colombo

, 4 more and

Giuseppe Riva

16,424 views

60 citations

Original Research

31 May 2019

Positive Effects of Videogame Use on Visuospatial Competencies: The Impact of Visualization Style in Preadolescents and Adolescents

Luca Milani

, 1 more and

Paola Di Blasio

22,496 views

27 citations

Review

25 April 2019

Space—A Virtual Frontier: How to Design and Evaluate a Virtual Reality Experience of the Overview Effect

Ekaterina R. Stepanova

, 1 more and

Bernhard E. Riecke

113,359 views

38 citations

Positive Technology domains and their application to organizational safety culture (adapted from Riva et al., 2012).

Opinion

17 December 2018

Preventing Technostress Through Positive Technology

Eleonora Brivio

, 5 more and

Carlo Galimberti

38,758 views

83 citations

Opinion

05 February 2019

Combining Virtual Reality and Biofeedback to Foster Empathic Abilities in Humans

Felix Schoeller

, 4 more and

Franck Zenasni

13,116 views

40 citations

Mini Review

06 February 2019

Episodic Memory Assessment and Remediation in Normal and Pathological Aging Using Virtual Reality: A Mini Review

Valentina La Corte

, 2 more and

Pascale Piolino

10,115 views

44 citations

Original Research

27 November 2018

Promoting Emotional Well-Being in Older Breast Cancer Patients: Results From an eHealth Intervention

Daniela Villani

, 5 more and

Giuseppe Riva

6,213 views

25 citations

Original Research

29 November 2018

Exploring the Incorporation of a Positive Psychology Component in a Cognitive Behavioral Internet-Based Program for Depressive Symptoms. Results Throughout the Intervention Process

Adriana Mira

, 5 more and

Cristina Botella

7,283 views

20 citations

Original Research

12 November 2018

Walking in a Patient’s Shoes: An Evaluation Study of Immersive Learning Using a Digital Training Intervention

Candida Halton

and

Tina Cartwright

12,785 views

27 citations

Personality traits vs. awe ratings correlational diagram.

Original Research

09 November 2018

Are You Awed Yet? How Virtual Reality Gives Us Awe and Goose Bumps

Denise Quesnel

and

Bernhard E. Riecke

24,261 views

113 citations

Perspective

02 November 2018

Virtual Reality as a Vehicle to Empower Motor-Cognitive Neurorehabilitation

Daniel Perez-Marcos

, 1 more and

Andrea Serino

11,162 views

75 citations

Biofeedback types and their corresponding immersive, interactive experiences. There are four types of biofeedback represented: electrodermograph (EDG), pneumograph (respiration rate), electroencephalograph (EEG), and photoplethysmograph (PPG). The names of the experience along with the author's name is listed. Some experiences are listed multiple times, indicating they used multiple types of biofeedback in their system.

Systematic Review

03 August 2018

Immersive Interactive Technologies for Positive Change: A Scoping Review and Design Considerations

Alexandra Kitson

, 1 more and

Bernhard E. Riecke

26,790 views

93 citations

Perspective

18 June 2018

The Future of Technology in Positive Psychology: Methodological Advances in the Science of Well-Being

David B. Yaden

, 1 more and

John D. Medaglia

30,620 views

40 citations

Opinion

17 July 2018

Mixed Reality for Cross-Cultural Integration: Using Positive Technology to Share Experiences and Promote Communication

Annamaria Recupero

, 2 more and

Alessandra Talamo

11,849 views

22 citations

Original Research

02 October 2018

Explicit Mental Health Messaging Promotes Serious Video Game Selection in Youth With Elevated Mental Health Symptoms

Marlou Poppelaars

, 2 more and

Isabela Granic

7,234 views

13 citations

Original Research

11 June 2018

Implementation of a Positive Technology Application in Patients With Eating Disorders: A Pilot Randomized Control Trial

Angel Enrique

, 7 more and

Cristina Botella

4,480 views

7 citations

METUX model diagram - The basic psychological needs of autonomy, competence and relatedness mediate positive user experience outcomes such as engagement, motivation and thriving. As such, they constitute specific measurable parameters for which designers can design in order to foster these outcomes within different spheres of experience.

Hypothesis and Theory

28 May 2018

Designing for Motivation, Engagement and Wellbeing in Digital Experience

Dorian Peters

, 1 more and

Richard M. Ryan

113,970 views

443 citations

A working concept: change as a bitter-sweet experience.

Original Research

13 March 2018

The Potential and Challenges of Digital Well-Being Interventions: Positive Technology Research and Design in Light of the Bitter-Sweet Ambivalence of Change

Sarah Diefenbach

17,681 views

28 citations

Opinion

18 May 2018

Can New Technologies Make Us More Human? An Inquiry on VR Technologies in Social Cognition

Daniel Żuromski

, 1 more and

Ewelina M. Marek

8,663 views

13 citations

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