Evaluating mobile apps for breathing training: The effectiveness of visualization

Chittaro, Luca; Sioni, Riccardo

doi:10.1016/j.chb.2014.07.049

Cited by 59 publications

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“…Next to information provided by online reviews, visual information may also be used as a cue in online environments (e.g., Chittaro & Sioni, 2014;Dou et al, 2012;Lee & Shin, 2014). For instance, in the context of apps, Chittaro and Sioni (2014) found that using visualization in breathing-training apps led to greater improvements compared to apps containing only audio instructions.…”

Section: Visual Rhetoricmentioning

confidence: 99%

Rousing reviews and instigative images: The impact of online reviews and visual design characteristics on app downloads

Burgers

Eden

Jong

et al. 2016

Mobile Media & Communication

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Mobile apps are very popular. However, this is not true for every app, with some apps receiving millions of downloads, while other apps are mostly ignored. We investigate the popularity of apps in terms of downloads by focusing on two salient cues: (a) online recommendations (e.g., presence and valence of online reviews) and (b) visual characteristics of app icons (e.g., use of visual metaphors and anthropomorphism). Study 1 was a field study in which we content-analyzed 500 apps from the "transportation" subcategory of the Google Play Store. We found that the presence and valence of online reviews, as well as the presence of visual metaphors in app icons were positively related to the number of app downloads. Study 2 was an experiment in which we presented participants with different app icons containing different types of visual metaphors. We again found that app icons with visual metaphors led to more positive attitudes

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Section: Visual Rhetoricmentioning

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Rousing reviews and instigative images: The impact of online reviews and visual design characteristics on app downloads

Burgers

Eden

Jong

et al. 2016

Mobile Media & Communication

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“…Although mindfulness was not included as a measure, awareness of the breath was included in the questionnaire, and which revealed significant better scores for the designs with breathing visualisation [32]. A wave visualisation showing the current state (inhale/exhale) with temporal detail was found to be superior to a circle-based visualisation with two states (green/red) and a textual counter (using seconds) to indicate change [32].…”

Section: Mindfulness Factor 1: Awareness Towards Inner Experiencesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The hypothesis that the engagement with the associated internal process of breath counting is necessary for its efficacy was recently rejected [32]. In an experimental study, three different designs for breathing apps have been tested.…”

Section: Mindfulness Factor 1: Awareness Towards Inner Experiencesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…An audio-only design was found to be inferior to two breathing training programs that visualise the process of breathing, on both, physiological parameters (deeper breathing) and participants' selfassessment. [32]. Although mindfulness was not included as a measure, awareness of the breath was included in the questionnaire, and which revealed significant better scores for the designs with breathing visualisation [32].…”

Section: Mindfulness Factor 1: Awareness Towards Inner Experiencesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Mindful Gaming: How Digital Games Can Improve Mindfulness

Sliwinski

Katsikitis

Jones

2015

Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2015

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“…Smartphones are considered a convenient device for users because the latter can install and employ various apps in their smartphones. In other words, users can employ various apps simply by downloading them from a mobile store and installing them into their smartphones [8].…”

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confidence: 99%