Plant Robot for At-Home Behavioral Activation Therapy Reminders to Young Adults with Depression

Ashwin Sadananda Bhat; Christiaan Boersma; Max Jan Meijer; Maaike Dokter; Ernst Bohlmeijer; Jamy Li

doi:10.1145/3442680

Plant Robot for At-Home Behavioral Activation Therapy Reminders to Young Adults with Depression

Ashwin Sadananda Bhat, Christiaan Boersma, Max Jan Meijer, Maaike Dokter, Ernst Bohlmeijer^*, Jamy Li

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Adolescents with depression who participate in behavioral activation therapy may find it hard to be motivated to perform tasks at home that their therapists recommend. We describe the initial design and usability evaluation of a home device ("PlantBot") that could be used to remind young adults with depression at home of their behavioral activation therapy-related tasks. The prototype features electronics in a two-layer base, with a fake plant on top and supported using the Amazon Echo voice agent. We use an online panel study to evaluate the usability of our system with youth with past depression (N = 30). Initial findings highlight the device's usability, potential benefit, and attractiveness of the plant component, as well as multiple improvements to be made.

Original language	English
Article number	20
Number of pages	21
Journal	ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction
Volume	10
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3442680
Publication status	Published - 10 Jul 2021

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adolescent
Amazon Echo
Behavioral activation therapy
depression
Internet of Things
plant robot
voice agent
young adult
UT-Hybrid-D

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