Love Is All You Need: User Preferences of Strategies for Mediating Intimate Relationships Through Technology

Silina, Yulia; Apetroaia, Adela; Hsu, Anne

doi:10.14236/ewic/HCI2018.28

Abstract

Maintaining a sense of relatedness with loved-ones is one of the top human needs and predictors of wellbeing. HCI research has increasingly focused on the ways and implications of mediating relatedness through technology. However, current research is at times removed from established theories in related disciplines and it lacks consistent tools for selecting user groups and appropriate interaction strategies. Our paper identifies the characteristics of potential users of tech-mediated devices in conjunction with related disciplines. It then examines users’ preferences for the six Strategies of Mediating Intimate Relationships though Technology , identified by Hassenzahl et al. in the paper “ All you need is Love ”, in interaction within different types of relationships (with friends, partners, siblings, etc.). Our paper proposes expanding these strategies to account for varied levels of reciprocity and for essential/unwanted strategies identified by users in different types of relationships. It concludes with implications and suggestions for future research.

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Yulia Silina

Adela Apetroaia

Anne Hsu

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Publication date: July 2018

Publication date (Print): July 2018

Pages: 1-11

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[1 ] Queen Mary University of London

Mile End Rd, London E1 4NS, UK

[2 ] Newham College University Centre

Welfare Road, London E15 4HT

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DOI: 10.14236/ewic/HCI2018.28

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Conference name: Proceedings of the 32nd International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference

Conference acronym: HCI

Conference number: 32

Conference location: Belfast, UK

Conference date: 4 - 6 July 2018

Conference sponsor: Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)

Conference theme: Human Computer Interaction Conference

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Series title: Electronic Workshops in Computing

ScienceOpen disciplines: Applied computer science,Computer science,Security & Cryptology,Graphics & Multimedia design,General computer science,Human-computer-interaction

Keywords: Computer-mediated relationships,attachment,relatedness,secure base,experience design,positive computing

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Comments

[1] A. AronE. N. AronD. Smollan 1992 Inclusion of Other in the Self Scale & Structure of Interpersonal Closeness. Journal of Personality & Social Psychology 63 45 596 612

[2] K. Bartholomew 1990 Avoidance of Intimacy: An Attachment Perspective. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships 7 2 147 178

[3] S. Duck 2007 Human Relationships SAGE Publications Ltd 4th edition

[4] B. C. FeeneyN. L. Collins 2014 A New Look at Social Support: A Theoretical Perspective on Thriving Through Relationships. Personality and Social Psychology Review.

[5] J. A. Feeney 2006 Parental attachment and conflict behavior: Implications for offspring’s attachment, loneliness, and relationship satisfaction. Personal Relationships 13 1 1 134

[6] C. R. Fraley 2002 Attachment Stability from Infancy to Adulthood: Meta-Analysis and Dynamic Modeling of Developmental Mechanisms. Personality and Social Psychology Review.

[7] C. R. Fraley 2010 A Brief Overview of Adult Attachment Theory and Research Background. University of Illinois 1 8 http://internal.psychology.illinois.edu/~rcfraley/attachment.htm Retrieved 2016-09-19

[8] C. R. FraleyN. G. WallerK. A. Brennan 2000 An item-response theory analysis of self-report measures of adult attachment. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 78 350 365

[9] M. HassenzahlS. HeideckerK. EckoldtS. DiefenbachU. Hillmann 2012 All You Need Is Love: Current Strategies of Mediating Intimate Relationships through Technology. ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction 19 4

[10] C. HazanP. R. Shaver 1994 Attachment as an Organizational Framework for Research on Close Relationships. Psychological Inquiry: An International Journal for the Advancement of Psychological Theory 5 1 1 22 doi:10.1207/s15327965pli0501_1

[11] M. L. Knapp 1978 Social intercourse: from greeting to goodbye Boston Allyn and Bacon

[12] M. L. KnappJ. A. Daly 2011 The SAGE Handbook of Interpersonal Communication 4 SAGE Publications

[13] K. D. MickelsonR. C. KesslerP. R. Shaver 1997 Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 73 5 1092 1106 doi:10.1037/0022-3514.73.5.1092

[14] G. C. Munn 1993 The Triumph of Love Thames & Hudson Ltd

[15] D. ScarisbrickJ. Fenton 2013 Rings: Jewelry of Power, Love and Loyalty Thames and Hudson Ltd

[16] K. M. SheldonA. J. ElliotY. KimT. Kasser 2001 What Is Satisfying About Satisfying Events? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 80 2 325 39

[17] Y SilinaH. Haddadi 2015 „New Directions in Jewelry‟: A Close Look at Emerging Trends & Developments in Jewelry-like Wearable Devices In ISWC ’15 Proceedings of the 2015 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers 49

[18] K. B. WrightL. M. Webb 2010 Computer-Mediated Communication in Personal Relationships Peter Lang Publishing Inc

[19] S. YaroshP. MarkopoulosA. D. Abowd 2014 Towards a Questionnaire for Measuring Affective Benefits and Costs of Communication Technologies In: CSCW ’14 (ACM) - Proceedings of the 17th ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work & Social Computing ACM 84 96

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