Break the habit! Designing an e-therapy intervention using a virtual coach in aid of smoking cessation

Grolleman, J. and van Dijk, E.M.A.G. and Nijholt, A. and van Emst, A. (2006) Break the habit! Designing an e-therapy intervention using a virtual coach in aid of smoking cessation. In: Proceedings Persuasive 2006. First International Conference on Persuasive Technology for Human Well-being, 18-19 May 2006, Eindhoven.

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Abstract:	E-therapy offers new means to support smokers during their attempt to quit. An embodied conversational agent can support people as a virtual coach on the internet. In this paper requirements are formulated for such a virtual coach and a global design is proposed. The requirements and the design are based on an extensive analysis of the practice of individual coaching of the Dutch organization STIVORO. In addition, the outcomes of a survey research measuring the acceptance of such a virtual coach by a potential user group are described.
Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item
Faculty:	Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EEMCS)
Research Group:	Human Media Interaction (HMI)
Link to this item:	http://purl.utwente.nl/publications/66825
Official URL:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/11755494_19
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