Emergent Self-Regulation Practices in Technology and Social Media Use of Individuals Living with Depression

Jordan Eschler; Eleanor R. Burgess; Madhu Reddy; David C. Mohr

doi:10.1145/3313831.3376773

Emergent Self-Regulation Practices in Technology and Social Media Use of Individuals Living with Depression

Jordan Eschler, Eleanor R. Burgess, Madhu Reddy, David C. Mohr

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Abstract

Much human-computer interaction work related to depression focuses on the population level (e.g., studying social media hashtags related to depression) or evaluates prototypes for digital interventions to manage depression. However, little is known about how people living with depression perceive and manage technology use, such as time spent on social media per day. For this study, we interviewed 30 individuals living with depression to explore their technology and social media use. We find that these individuals demonstrated emergent practices related to self-regulation, such as learning to monitor and adjust technology use to improve their emotional, cognitive, and behavioral health. Our findings add a human-centered viewpoint to the relationship between living with depression and technology and social media use. We present design implications of these findings for better empowering individuals with depression to encourage their natural inclinations to self-regulate technology and social media use.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	CHI 2020 - Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450367080
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3313831.3376773
State	Published - Apr 21 2020
Event	2020 ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2020 - Honolulu, United States Duration: Apr 25 2020 → Apr 30 2020

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Name	Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Conference

Conference	2020 ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2020
Country/Territory	United States
City	Honolulu
Period	4/25/20 → 4/30/20

Keywords

depression
qualitative
self-regulation
social media

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Software
Human-Computer Interaction
Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design

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Eschler, J., Burgess, E. R., Reddy, M., & Mohr, D. C. (2020). Emergent Self-Regulation Practices in Technology and Social Media Use of Individuals Living with Depression. In CHI 2020 - Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Article 3376773 (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3313831.3376773

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