Reflection During Goal Setting: An Analysis of Popular Personal Informatics Apps

Tina Ekhtiar; Rúben Gouveia; Armagan Karahanoglu; Geke D.S.  Ludden

doi:10.21606/drs.2022.787

Reflection During Goal Setting: An Analysis of Popular Personal Informatics Apps

Tina Ekhtiar^*
, Rúben Gouveia
, Armagan Karahanoglu
, Geke D.S. Ludden

^*Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review

6 Citations (Scopus)

110 Downloads (Pure)

Abstract

Setting achievable, realistic goals aligned to people’s current abilities and needs is an important part of behavior change. Reflection is a critical part of this process, as it helps people identify and elicit appropriate goals. Commercial applications that support behavior change often use goal setting; however, we know very little about if these implementations are based on theory and how they support reflection. In this paper, we analyze how popular health tracking apps support reflection during goal setting. We found that a majority supported limited or no reflection during the elicitation of goals. We discuss our findings and suggest design considerations for improving how these tools can help people in reflecting and eliciting goals.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	DRS 2022: Research Papers
Publisher	Design Research Society
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.21606/drs.2022.787
Publication status	Published - 2022
Event	Design Research Society Conference, DRS 2022 - University of the Basque Country, Bilbao, Spain Duration: 25 Jun 2022 → 3 Jul 2022 https://www.drs2022.org

Conference

Conference	Design Research Society Conference, DRS 2022
Abbreviated title	DRS 2022
Country/Territory	Spain
City	Bilbao
Period	25/06/22 → 3/07/22
Internet address	https://www.drs2022.org

Access to Document

10.21606/drs.2022.787Licence: CC BY-NC

ArticleFinal published version, 1.78 MBLicence: CC BY-NC

Cite this

@inproceedings{d992cb5e084145e7a2982e2b5074fd64,

title = "Reflection During Goal Setting: An Analysis of Popular Personal Informatics Apps",

abstract = "Setting achievable, realistic goals aligned to people{\textquoteright}s current abilities and needs is an important part of behavior change. Reflection is a critical part of this process, as it helps people identify and elicit appropriate goals. Commercial applications that support behavior change often use goal setting; however, we know very little about if these implementations are based on theory and how they support reflection. In this paper, we analyze how popular health tracking apps support reflection during goal setting. We found that a majority supported limited or no reflection during the elicitation of goals. We discuss our findings and suggest design considerations for improving how these tools can help people in reflecting and eliciting goals.",

author = "Tina Ekhtiar and R{\'u}ben Gouveia and Armagan Karahanoglu and Ludden, \{Geke D.S.\}",

year = "2022",

doi = "10.21606/drs.2022.787",

language = "English",

booktitle = "DRS 2022: Research Papers",

publisher = "Design Research Society",

address = "United Kingdom",

note = "Design Research Society Conference, DRS 2022, DRS 2022 ; Conference date: 25-06-2022 Through 03-07-2022",

url = "https://www.drs2022.org",

}

TY - GEN

T1 - Reflection During Goal Setting

T2 - Design Research Society Conference, DRS 2022

AU - Ekhtiar, Tina

AU - Gouveia, Rúben

AU - Karahanoglu, Armagan

AU - Ludden, Geke D.S.

PY - 2022

Y1 - 2022

N2 - Setting achievable, realistic goals aligned to people’s current abilities and needs is an important part of behavior change. Reflection is a critical part of this process, as it helps people identify and elicit appropriate goals. Commercial applications that support behavior change often use goal setting; however, we know very little about if these implementations are based on theory and how they support reflection. In this paper, we analyze how popular health tracking apps support reflection during goal setting. We found that a majority supported limited or no reflection during the elicitation of goals. We discuss our findings and suggest design considerations for improving how these tools can help people in reflecting and eliciting goals.

AB - Setting achievable, realistic goals aligned to people’s current abilities and needs is an important part of behavior change. Reflection is a critical part of this process, as it helps people identify and elicit appropriate goals. Commercial applications that support behavior change often use goal setting; however, we know very little about if these implementations are based on theory and how they support reflection. In this paper, we analyze how popular health tracking apps support reflection during goal setting. We found that a majority supported limited or no reflection during the elicitation of goals. We discuss our findings and suggest design considerations for improving how these tools can help people in reflecting and eliciting goals.

U2 - 10.21606/drs.2022.787

DO - 10.21606/drs.2022.787

M3 - Conference contribution

BT - DRS 2022: Research Papers

PB - Design Research Society

Y2 - 25 June 2022 through 3 July 2022

ER -

Reflection During Goal Setting: An Analysis of Popular Personal Informatics Apps

Abstract

Conference

Access to Document

Fingerprint

Cite this