Abstract
Generalised anxiety disorder (GAD) is an emotional and fear-based, recurrent response to a perceived or real threat. It causes difficulty in dealing with every-day experiences. It afflicts 13.9% of the urban residents in India and requires a proactive approach to coping. GAD is not caused by stress but rather is sensitive to stress. Varying stimuli lead to automatic, unexpected and intense reactions called triggers. Awareness about triggers helps one understand their emotional thresholds and supports self-management. The existing literature provides a multi-variant perspective about nudges that cause anxiety. However, localised probing is minimal in India due to a lack of cultural nuance and geographical understanding. Therefore, this study seeks to identify, analyse and collate triggers in a visual format to help young Indian adults identify and manage them. A user centered design methodology, affinity mapping, diary study, low-fidelity prototyping, interviews, questionnaire and visual board were used prior to design intervention.
Keywords
generalised anxiety disorder, trigger, self-management, design intervention
DOI
https://doi.org/10.21606/iasdr.2023.299
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Bairagi, N., Selvadhas, A.,and Acharya, S.(2023) Design intervention to aid young Indians in identifying triggers of generalised anxiety disorder (GAD), in De Sainz Molestina, D., Galluzzo, L., Rizzo, F., Spallazzo, D. (eds.), IASDR 2023: Life-Changing Design, 9-13 October, Milan, Italy. https://doi.org/10.21606/iasdr.2023.299
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Design intervention to aid young Indians in identifying triggers of generalised anxiety disorder (GAD)
Generalised anxiety disorder (GAD) is an emotional and fear-based, recurrent response to a perceived or real threat. It causes difficulty in dealing with every-day experiences. It afflicts 13.9% of the urban residents in India and requires a proactive approach to coping. GAD is not caused by stress but rather is sensitive to stress. Varying stimuli lead to automatic, unexpected and intense reactions called triggers. Awareness about triggers helps one understand their emotional thresholds and supports self-management. The existing literature provides a multi-variant perspective about nudges that cause anxiety. However, localised probing is minimal in India due to a lack of cultural nuance and geographical understanding. Therefore, this study seeks to identify, analyse and collate triggers in a visual format to help young Indian adults identify and manage them. A user centered design methodology, affinity mapping, diary study, low-fidelity prototyping, interviews, questionnaire and visual board were used prior to design intervention.