Evaluation of computer-tailored motivational messaging in a health promotion context

Jens E. D'Hondt; Raoul Nuijten; Pieter Van Gorp

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-34974-5_11

Evaluation of computer-tailored motivational messaging in a health promotion context

Jens E. D'Hondt, Raoul Nuijten, Pieter Van Gorp

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Abstract

Persuasive messages have recently been shown to be more effective when tailored to the personality and preferences of the recipient. However, much of the literature on adaptive persuasion has evaluated the effectiveness of persuasive attempts by the direct reactions to those attempts instead of changes on the longer term (e.g. lifestyle changes). Results of this study suggest that adaptive persuasion improves attitudes towards persuasive attempts, but does not necessarily cause a change in longer term behavior. This was found through a randomized controlled trial evaluating the implementation an adaptive persuasive system in a health promotion intervention.
This article provides a detailed description of this evaluation and encourages the research community to (1) become more skeptical towards the longer term effectiveness of adaptive persuasive techniques and (2) design more explicitly for longer term changes in behavior.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Modeling and Using Context - 11th International and Interdisciplinary Conference, CONTEXT 2019, Proceedings
Editors	Gábor Bella, Paolo Bouquet
Place of Publication	Cham
Publisher	Springer
Pages	120-133
Number of pages	14
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-030-34974-5
ISBN (Print)	978-3-030-34973-8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-34974-5_11
Publication status	Published - Nov 2019
Event	11th International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Modeling and Using Context - Trento, Italy Duration: 20 Nov 2019 → 22 Nov 2019

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume	11939

Name	Lecture notes in artificial intelligence
Volume	11939

Conference

Conference	11th International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Modeling and Using Context
Country	Italy
City	Trento
Period	20/11/19 → 22/11/19

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Keywords

persuasion
individual differences
health promotion
Health promotion
Individual differences
Persuasion

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D'Hondt, J. E., Nuijten, R., & Van Gorp, P. (2019). Evaluation of computer-tailored motivational messaging in a health promotion context. In G. Bella, & P. Bouquet (Eds.), Modeling and Using Context - 11th International and Interdisciplinary Conference, CONTEXT 2019, Proceedings (pp. 120-133). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science ; Vol. 11939), (Lecture notes in artificial intelligence; Vol. 11939). Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-34974-5_11

D'Hondt, Jens E. ; Nuijten, Raoul ; Van Gorp, Pieter. / Evaluation of computer-tailored motivational messaging in a health promotion context. Modeling and Using Context - 11th International and Interdisciplinary Conference, CONTEXT 2019, Proceedings. editor / Gábor Bella ; Paolo Bouquet. Cham : Springer, 2019. pp. 120-133 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science ). (Lecture notes in artificial intelligence).

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D'Hondt, JE, Nuijten, R & Van Gorp, P 2019, Evaluation of computer-tailored motivational messaging in a health promotion context. in G Bella & P Bouquet (eds), Modeling and Using Context - 11th International and Interdisciplinary Conference, CONTEXT 2019, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science , vol. 11939, Lecture notes in artificial intelligence, vol. 11939, Springer, Cham, pp. 120-133, 11th International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Modeling and Using Context, Trento, Italy, 20/11/19. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-34974-5_11

Evaluation of computer-tailored motivational messaging in a health promotion context. / D'Hondt, Jens E.; Nuijten, Raoul ; Van Gorp, Pieter.

Modeling and Using Context - 11th International and Interdisciplinary Conference, CONTEXT 2019, Proceedings. ed. / Gábor Bella; Paolo Bouquet. Cham : Springer, 2019. p. 120-133 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science ; Vol. 11939), (Lecture notes in artificial intelligence; Vol. 11939).

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D'Hondt JE, Nuijten R , Van Gorp P. Evaluation of computer-tailored motivational messaging in a health promotion context. In Bella G, Bouquet P, editors, Modeling and Using Context - 11th International and Interdisciplinary Conference, CONTEXT 2019, Proceedings. Cham: Springer. 2019. p. 120-133. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science ). (Lecture notes in artificial intelligence). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-34974-5_11

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