@phdthesis{Gall2022,
  author    = {Gall, Dominik},
  title     = {Increasing the effectiveness of human-computer interfaces for mental health interventions},
  doi       = {10.25972/OPUS-23012},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-230120},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2022},
  abstract  = {Human-computer interfaces have the potential to support mental health practitioners in alleviating mental distress. Adaption of this technology in practice is, however, slow. We provide means to extend the design space of human-computer interfaces for mitigating mental distress. To this end, we suggest three complementary approaches: using presentation technology, using virtual environments, and using communication technology to facilitate social interaction. We provide new evidence that elementary aspects of presentation technology affect the emotional processing of virtual stimuli, that perception of our environment affects the way we assess our environment, and that communication technologies affect social bonding between users. By showing how interfaces modify emotional reactions and facilitate social interaction, we provide converging evidence that human-computer interfaces can help alleviate mental distress. These findings may advance the goal of adapting technological means to the requirements of mental health practitioners.},
  subject      = {Mensch-Maschine-Kommunikation},
  language  = {en}
}