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Reducing temporal tensions as a strategy to promote sustainable behaviours
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Oliveira, Luis, Mitchell, Val and May, Andrew (2016) Reducing temporal tensions as a strategy to promote sustainable behaviours. Computers in Human Behavior, 62 . pp. 303-315. doi:10.1016/j.chb.2016.04.004 ISSN 0747-5632.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.04.004
Abstract
This research proposes that it is possible to deliberately reduce temporal tensions in order to promote energy saving behaviours. People may not dedicate enough time to planning their tasks that consume energy, rushing into them without much deliberation. They may also use more energy than necessary in an attempt to accelerate processes that seem to be taking too long, to reduce the boredom of waiting. Persuasive technology provided the tools to manipulate the perception of time and therefore elicit changes in the specific behaviours that result in unnecessary energy usage. Cooking tasks were used as the scenario to test behaviour change strategies delivered via a smartphone application. Results showed that these strategies facilitated the performance of sustainable behaviours. Participants reported that the app made (1) them more likely to follow the steps needed to use less energy, (2) the activity more enjoyable and (3) the time appear to pass more quickly compared to a control version.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Engineering > WMG (Formerly the Warwick Manufacturing Group) | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Computers in Human Behavior | ||||||||
Publisher: | Pergamon | ||||||||
ISSN: | 0747-5632 | ||||||||
Official Date: | 8 April 2016 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 62 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 303-315 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1016/j.chb.2016.04.004 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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