An Exploratory Study: Personal Digital Technologies For Stress Care in Women
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ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-ucin15435792255380122021-08-03T07:09:05Z An Exploratory Study: Personal Digital Technologies For Stress Care in Women Navarro Sainz, Adriana G. Design human-computer interaction feminist HCI positive computing user experience for stress care affective computing digital technology With the rise of personal digital technology pervading human life, wellbeing has been negatively impacted by the excessive presence of technology in everyday life. In the midst of demonizing digital technology, Positive and Affective computing provide an alternative approach to design technology with the aim of improving well-being. This investigation focuses on stress care in women. The female body and mind stress response is different on a biological and psychological level from men. This thesis addresses stress to care for women only. From a biological perspective, the first part of this thesis reviews the stress phenomenon in the human body. To then delve in the world of personal digital technology by conducting a comprehensive study of existing technology for wellbeing with a particular focus on stress care. A critical analysis of current approaches to design technology is conducted to later suggest a holistic approach to stress by employing Positive and Affective computing principles. From a feminist standpoint, this thesis draws attention to the lack of personal technology designed based on female needs available nowadays and proposes a model to design technology that posits women as creators and researchers but also, in the other side of the spectrum, as the end-users of digital technology products that are particularly beneficial to women. 2018 English text University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1543579225538012 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1543579225538012 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws. |
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