Reference : V2me: Evaluating the first steps in mobile friendship coaching

	Document type :	Scientific journals : Article
	Discipline(s) :	Social & behavioral sciences, psychology : Sociology & social sciences Social & behavioral sciences, psychology : Multidisciplinary, general & others Engineering, computing & technology : Computer science
	To cite this reference:	http://hdl.handle.net/10993/2816

Title :	V2me: Evaluating the first steps in mobile friendship coaching
Language :	English
Author, co-author :	Muuraiskangas, Salla [VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland]
	Leist, Anja [University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Integrative Research Unit: Social and Individual Development (INSIDE) >]
	Braun, Andreas [Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics Research IGD]
	Klauss, Kerstin [User Interface Design GmbH]
	Roelofsma, Peter [VUA University, Amsterdam, Netherlands]
	Wichert, Reiner [Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics Research IGD]
	Klein, Peter [User Interface Design GmbH]
	Ferring, Dieter [University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Integrative Research Unit: Social and Individual Development (INSIDE) >]
Publication date :	2012
Journal title :	Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments, in press
Publisher :	IOS Press
Volume :	4
Issue/season :	6
Pages :	517-534
Peer reviewed :	Yes (verified by ORBilu)
Audience :	International
ISSN :	1876-1364
Keywords :	[en] Older adults ; loneliness prevention ; tablet ; virtual coaching ; user-centred design
Abstract :	[en] Life events, such as retirement or being widowed, can change the social circle of older people considerably. It may be difficult to find new social contacts when one has never got used to, or perhaps even never learnt, to seek and maintain those contacts. Loneliness has many negative effects for well-being, including depression and even cardiovascular disease. The Ambient Assisted Living Joint Programme (AAL-JP) research project V2me seeks to find a solution for alleviating loneliness by means of easy-to-use technology including touch screen devices. The idea is to use a virtual coach for encouraging users to take an active role in contacting people and teaching them how to initiate and maintain meaningful and enduring relations. The first step, in the process of creating the complete virtual coach-assisted system for preventing loneliness, is to create a prototype and use the feedback from older users for developing the system. In this paper we discuss the results of the first pilot and what steps need to be taken next.
Funders :	Fonds National de la Recherche - FnR
Permalink :	http://hdl.handle.net/10993/2816
DOI :	10.3233/AIS-2012-0177
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