Doing and feeling: relationships between moods, productivity and task-switching
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Author(s)
Alibasa, Muhammad Johan
Purwanto, Rizka W
Yacef, Kalina
Glozier, Nick
Calvo, Rafael A
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Digital technology influences behaviours, moods and wellbeing. The relationships are complex, but users are increasingly interested in finding how to balance a digital life with psychological wellbeing. We present an approach for investigating the relationship between lifestyle aspects and digital technology usage patterns that combines MindGauge, a mobile app enabling users collect and analyse their moods and behaviours, with a productivity tool (RescueTime). We then report a 16-month study in which we collected computer and smartphone usage and self-reports from 72 participants. We present methods for analysing the relationship between productivity, task-switching, mood and lifestyle, and more specifically how digital technology usage associates with productivity and task-switching. Our study also investigates how lifestyle aspects (sleep quality, physical activity, workload, social interaction and alcoholic drink consumption) relate to mood, task-switching and productivity. Results show that more frequent task-switching is associated with negative moods. A few lifestyle aspects, such as sleep quality and physical activity, had a significant relationship with positive moods. We also contribute a mood detection model that utilise both digital footprints and lifestyle contexts, yielding an accuracy of 87%. The study provides evidence that such methods can be used to understand the impact of technology on wellbeing.
Date Issued
2022-07
Date Acceptance
2020-10-03
Citation
IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing, 2022, 13 (3), pp.1140-1154
ISSN
1949-3045
Publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Start Page
1140
End Page
1154
Journal / Book Title
IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing
Volume
13
Issue
3
Copyright Statement
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Identifier
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9216577
Subjects
Science & Technology
Technology
Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
Computer Science, Cybernetics
Computer Science
Mood
Task analysis
Productivity
Tools
Stress
Switches
Facebook
Digital behaviour
mood detection
computer logs
mood and lifestyle
productivity
task-switching
FACEBOOK
HEALTH
SLEEP
WORK
0801 Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing
0806 Information Systems
1702 Cognitive Sciences
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2020-10-07