Stuart Avelie, Katz Dmitri, Stevenson Clifford, Gooch Daniel, Harkin Lydia, Bennasar Mohamed, Sanderson Lisa, Liddle Jacki, Bennaceur Amel, Levine Mark, Mehta Vikram, Wijesundara Akshika, Talbot Catherine, Bandara Arosha, Price Blaine, Nuseibeh Bashar
University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom.
The Open University, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom.
Comput Hum Behav Rep. 2022 May;6:100179. doi: 10.1016/j.chbr.2022.100179. Epub 2022 Feb 25.
The COVID-19 pandemic is worsening loneliness for many older people through the challenges it poses in engaging with their social worlds. Digital technology has been offered as a potential aid, however, many popular digital tools have not been designed to address the needs of older adults during times of limited contact. We propose that the Social Identity Model of Identity Change (SIMIC) could be a foundation for digital loneliness interventions. While SIMIC is a well-established approach for maintaining wellbeing during life transitions, it has not been rigorously applied to digital interventions. There are known challenges to integrating psychological theory in the design of digital technology to enable efficacy, technology acceptance, and continued use. The interdisciplinary field of Human Computer Interaction has a history of drawing on models originating from psychology to improve the design of digital technology and to design technologies in an appropriate manner. Drawing on key lessons from this literature, we consolidate research and design guidelines for multidisciplinary research applying psychological theory such as SIMIC to digital social interventions for loneliness.
新冠疫情给许多老年人参与社交世界带来了挑战，从而加剧了他们的孤独感。数字技术被视为一种潜在的帮助，然而，许多流行的数字工具在设计时并未考虑到在社交接触受限时期满足老年人的需求。我们认为身份改变的社会认同模型（SIMIC）可以成为数字孤独干预措施的基础。虽然SIMIC是在生活转变期间维持幸福感的一种成熟方法，但它尚未被严格应用于数字干预。在将心理学理论融入数字技术设计以实现有效性、技术接受度和持续使用方面存在已知挑战。人机交互这一跨学科领域有借鉴源自心理学的模型来改进数字技术设计并以适当方式设计技术的历史。借鉴该文献中的关键经验，我们整合了多学科研究的研究与设计指南，这些研究将诸如SIMIC之类的心理学理论应用于针对孤独的数字社交干预。
