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  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Digital Well-being

Background:

  • Technology Mediated Reflection (TMR) involves reviewing digital records of personal experiences to enhance well-being.
  • The influence of user mood on TMR effectiveness remains underexplored.
  • Theories of memory and emotion regulation inform hypotheses on mood, reflection, and well-being.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the psychological impact of mood on Technology Mediated Reflection (TMR).
  • To explore how mood influences the benefits of TMR for well-being.
  • To test hypotheses regarding the interplay of mood, memory reflection, and well-being in a real-world setting.

Main Methods:

  • A month-long real-world deployment of a web-based application, MoodAdaptor.
  • Participants used MoodAdaptor to reflect on positive or negative memories based on their current mood.
  • Analysis of qualitative and quantitative data from 128 participants, including mood evaluations, logfiles, surveys, and interviews.

Main Results:

  • TMR effectively regulated emotion, leading to more neutral moods when reflecting on opposite-valence memories.
  • This mood regulation did not translate to significant improvements in overall well-being.
  • A competitive interaction between mood and memory was observed; positive moods prevailing over negative memories aligned with known well-being mechanisms, while negative moods prevailing over positive memories led to negatively tainted memories.

Conclusions:

  • Findings highlight the intricate relationship between memory and emotion in digital well-being interventions.
  • Implications for designing new technologies and interventions that leverage the interplay of memory and emotion.
  • Understanding mood-memory dynamics is crucial for optimizing TMR and similar well-being technologies.