Exploring the Lived Experience of Behavior Change Technologies: Towards an Existential Model of Behavior Change for HCI

The majority of behavior change and persuasive technologies are exclusively addressed to modify a specific behavior. However, the focus on may cloud “existential aspects” process change. To explore lived meaning-laden experience change, we interviewed 23 individuals who have used technology in their everyday life. study findings highlight that is tied meanings point existential matters, relates nexus life circumstances, unfolds over long periods time. By contrast, by participants appears mostly present target behavior, ignoring its links participants’ “context” “time,” also providing scarce help for sense-making. Based these findings, surface preliminary model change,” identify several barriers prevent modification propose some design suggestions overcome them.