Activities as a Gateway to Sustained Subjective Well-Being Mediated by Products

Lisa Wiese; Anna Pohlmeyer; Paul Hekkert

doi:10.1145/3322276.3322297

Activities as a Gateway to Sustained Subjective Well-Being Mediated by Products

Lisa Wiese, Anna Pohlmeyer, Paul Hekkert

Design Aesthetics

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Abstract

Research in positive psychology indicates that sustained well-being is more determined by our actions than by our possessions. Products' contribution to well-being may thus be grounded in their potential to support well-being-enhancing activities rather than in their material value. In a laddering study, we investigated how products shape a range of well-being determinants, including activities, and well-being outcomes. Following a hierarchical structure, seven product experience qualities, six motivations, and seven activities were empirically found to be linked to long-term well-being. We describe these ingredients for sustained well-being in further detail and provide actionable guidance on how to address them by means of design. As the majority of product-supported long-term well-being outcomes were mediated by activities, we propose activities as most promising starting point in design for sustained well-being.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	DIS 2019 - Proceedings of the 2019 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference
Place of Publication	New York, USA
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Pages	85-97
Number of pages	13
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-4503-5850-7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3322276.3322297
Publication status	Published - 2019
Event	DIS '19: Designing Interactive Systems Conference - San Diego, United States Duration: 23 Jun 2019 → 29 Jun 2019

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Conference	DIS '19: Designing Interactive Systems Conference
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Diego
Period	23/06/19 → 29/06/19

Keywords

HCI
design
user experience
well-being
positive design
experience design
OA-Fund TU Delft

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Wiese, L , Pohlmeyer, A & Hekkert, P 2019, Activities as a Gateway to Sustained Subjective Well-Being Mediated by Products. in DIS 2019 - Proceedings of the 2019 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), New York, USA, pp. 85-97, DIS '19: Designing Interactive Systems Conference , San Diego, United States, 23/06/19. https://doi.org/10.1145/3322276.3322297

Activities as a Gateway to Sustained Subjective Well-Being Mediated by Products. / Wiese, Lisa ; Pohlmeyer, Anna ; Hekkert, Paul.
DIS 2019 - Proceedings of the 2019 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference. New York, USA: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2019. p. 85-97.

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