Manifesting Breath: Empirical Evidence for the Integration of Shape-Changing Biofeedback-based Ar...

Manifesting Breath: Empirical Evidence for the Integration of Shape-Changing Biofeedback-based Ar...
Alexz Farrall, Jordan Taylor, Ben Ainsworth, Jason Alexander

CHI 2023: The ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Session: Mental Health and Emotion

Digital interventions are often used to support people with mental health conditions, but low engagement frequently reduces their effectiveness. We investigate the use of a Physical Artefact for Well-being Support (PAWS) to improve engagement and effectiveness of an audio-only guided well-being intervention. Through our handheld shape-changing biofeedback-based PAWS, users can synchronously feel their breath via kinaesthetic haptic feedback. By evaluating our device in a randomised-controlled experimental paradigm (N=58), we demonstrate significant reductions in physiological and subjective (self-reported) anxiety compared to an audio-only control. Our findings conclude that synchronous interactions with one‘s own physiological data via the PAWS, improves engagement and effectiveness of an intervention.

Web:: https://programs.sigchi.org/chi/2023/program/content/95778

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