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Behavior Change Support Systems: A Research Model and Agenda

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Persuasive Technology (PERSUASIVE 2010)

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This article introduces the concept of a behavior change support system and suggests it as a key construct for research on persuasive systems design, technologies, and applications. Key concepts for behavior change support systems are defined and a research agenda for them is outlined. The article suggests that a change in complying, a behavior change, and an attitude change (C-, B- or A-Change) constitute the archetypes of a behavioral change. Change in itself is either of a forming, altering or reinforcing outcome (F-, A- or R-Outcome). This research model will become helpful in researching and designing persuasive technology.

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  1. Department of Information Processing Science, University of Oulu, Rakentajantie 3, 90570, Oulu, Finland

    Harri Oinas-Kukkonen

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  1. Dept. of Communication, Copenhagen Institute of Technology/Aalborg University, Lautrupvang 2b, 2750, Ballerup, Denmark

    Thomas Ploug

  2. Royal School of Library and Information Science, Birketinget 6, 2300, København, Denmark

    Per Hasle

  3. Dept. of Information Processing Science, University of Oulu, Rakentajantie 3, 90370, Oulu, Finland

    Harri Oinas-Kukkonen

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Oinas-Kukkonen, H. (2010). Behavior Change Support Systems: A Research Model and Agenda. In: Ploug, T., Hasle, P., Oinas-Kukkonen, H. (eds) Persuasive Technology. PERSUASIVE 2010. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6137. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-13226-1_3

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