Abstract
There is a growing number of eHealth interventions
aiming at enhancing lifestyle to address obesity. However, the
existing interventions do not take the emotional aspects of
obesity into account. Forty percent of the overweight
population is an emotional eater. Emotional eaters gain weight
because of poor emotion regulation, not just due to bad eating
habits. We aim at developing a personalized virtual coach
‘Denk je zèlf!’ providing support for self-regulation of
emotions for young obese emotional eaters. This paper
presents an eCoaching model and a research study protocol
aiming at the validation of persuasive coaching strategies based
on behavior change techniques. Ultimately, we aim at
designing a personalized eCoaching framework, allowing us to
optimally translate successful behavior change mechanisms
and techniques, such as dialectical strategies, into personalized
persuasive coaching strategies.
aiming at enhancing lifestyle to address obesity. However, the
existing interventions do not take the emotional aspects of
obesity into account. Forty percent of the overweight
population is an emotional eater. Emotional eaters gain weight
because of poor emotion regulation, not just due to bad eating
habits. We aim at developing a personalized virtual coach
‘Denk je zèlf!’ providing support for self-regulation of
emotions for young obese emotional eaters. This paper
presents an eCoaching model and a research study protocol
aiming at the validation of persuasive coaching strategies based
on behavior change techniques. Ultimately, we aim at
designing a personalized eCoaching framework, allowing us to
optimally translate successful behavior change mechanisms
and techniques, such as dialectical strategies, into personalized
persuasive coaching strategies.
| Translated title of the contribution | Het inzetten van dialectische dialogen in een gepersonaliseerde virtual coach voor obese emotionele eters: een onderzoeksprotocol voor een veldstudie in de doelgroep |
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| Original language | English |
| Pages | 101-105 |
| Publication status | Published - 19 Mar 2017 |
| Event | 9th International Conference on eHealth, Telemedicine, and Social Medicine 2017 - Nice, France Duration: 19 Mar 2017 → 23 Mar 2017 Conference number: 9th https://www.iaria.org/conferences2017/eTELEMED17.html |
Conference
| Conference | 9th International Conference on eHealth, Telemedicine, and Social Medicine 2017 |
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| Abbreviated title | eTELEMED 2017 |
| Country/Territory | France |
| City | Nice |
| Period | 19/03/17 → 23/03/17 |
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Keywords
- obesity
- coaching
- behavioral change