Abstract
We report on the design and execution of a probe as an anonymous self-reporting tool to investigate the perception of mental well-being and support services for university students. The pictorial describes a six-day probe study with students. The study focuses on students’ perceptions, struggles and coping strategies to maintain their mental well-being. Our contribution is multifold. We detail the design and deployment of the probe for HCI practitioners and designers to adapt and adopt it, while we reflect on the data, deriving sensitizing concepts and personas to support the design practice for students’ mental well-being.
Keywords
Cultural probes; mental well-being; privacy-sensitive; design for wellbeing
DOI
https://doi.org/10.21606/iasdr.2023.744
Citation
Khanuja, N., Freire, M., Lameiras, J., Nicolau, H., Forlizzi, J.,and Nisi, V.(2023) Using cultural probes to understand students’ mental wellbeing, 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.2023.744
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Using cultural probes to understand students’ mental wellbeing
We report on the design and execution of a probe as an anonymous self-reporting tool to investigate the perception of mental well-being and support services for university students. The pictorial describes a six-day probe study with students. The study focuses on students’ perceptions, struggles and coping strategies to maintain their mental well-being. Our contribution is multifold. We detail the design and deployment of the probe for HCI practitioners and designers to adapt and adopt it, while we reflect on the data, deriving sensitizing concepts and personas to support the design practice for students’ mental well-being.