Abstract
Personal informatics technologies (PITs) have become popular tools that enable people to monitor and track themselves. By providing self-knowledge, PITs increase self-control, foster insight, and promote positive behavioral changes. The pursuit of knowledge about self, excellence, and self-growth is eudaimonic because it makes a person more capable and well informed. Considering the unique technological characteristics, research suggests that eudaimonic motivation should be considered in explaining PIT usage. However, despite increasing scholarly attention being paid to the eudaimonic nature of PITs, a systematic approach to developing a research construct that reflects a PIT user’s eudaimonic motivation is lacking in computer-human interaction research. To fill this gap, drawing on the theory of aesthetic experience, we propose a multi-dimensional construct of aesthetic experience to conceptualize eudaimonic motivation for PIT usage. Based on its conceptual definition, we develop the measures to capture the extent of a PIT user’s aesthetic experience and empirically examine the construct validity. Compared with widely examined antecedents of technology usage— perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, and perceived enjoyment—this study shows that a PIT user’s aesthetic experience is a key determinant for intention to use. Notably, perceived enjoyment loses its predictive value in favor of aesthetic experience. Our findings suggest that the eudaimonic nature of a PIT should be considered in understanding technology usage.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Design, User Experience, and Usability |
Subtitle of host publication | Designing Pleasurable Experiences - 6th International Conference, DUXU 2017 Held as Part of HCI International 2017, Proceedings |
Editors | Aaron Marcus, Wentao Wang |
Publisher | Springer Verlag |
Pages | 119-133 |
Number of pages | 15 |
ISBN (Print) | 9783319586366 |
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Publication status | Published - 2017 |
Event | 6th International Conference on Design, User Experience, and Usability, DUXU 2017, held as part of the 19th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCI 2017 - Vancouver, Canada Duration: 9 Jul 2017 → 14 Jul 2017 https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-58634-2 (Conference proceedings) |
Publication series
Name | Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) |
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Volume | 10289 LNCS |
ISSN (Print) | 0302-9743 |
ISSN (Electronic) | 1611-3349 |
Conference
Conference | 6th International Conference on Design, User Experience, and Usability, DUXU 2017, held as part of the 19th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCI 2017 |
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Country/Territory | Canada |
City | Vancouver |
Period | 9/07/17 → 14/07/17 |
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User-Defined Keywords
- Aesthetic experience
- Eudaimonic motivation
- Hedonic enjoyment
- Intrinsic motivation
- Personal informatics technology