LOGGING AND VISUALIZING AFFECTIVE INTERACTION FOR MENTAL HEALTH THERAPY
Erle Krøger, Frode Guribye, Tor Gjøsæter · 2015
This paper presents a study of how to log and visualize affective interaction in mental health therapy. We present a platform under development that consists of a portable stone-like object and an application on an iPad. The design-oriented research presented in this paper concerns the design and evaluation of visualizations on the iPad app, that are intended to support communication between patient and caregiver in mental health therapy. The research and development is done from the perspective of affective interaction, and follows the guidelines for design provided in this perspective. We discuss to what extent these guidelines can be followed and how they apply to the sensitive context of mental health therapy.