Gamification has been used in a variety of application domains to promote behaviour
change. Nevertheless, the mechanisms behind it are still not fully understood. Recent …

Argumentative persuasive technologies are technologies that use argumentation in order to
persuade the persuadee to believe in something or not, which can later lead the persuadee …

Recently, several researchers have suggested that personalized gameful systems can be
more effective than generic approaches. However, there is still scarce empirical evidence …

Mobile health (mHealth) tools are regularly used in a wide range of mental health domains
to assess and monitor patients, potentially increasing patient engagement. Recent studies …

Gameful design, the process of creating a system with affordances for gameful experiences,
can be used to increase user engagement and enjoyment of digital interactive systems. It …

There is growing evidence that persuasive technologies are more likely to be effective in
motivating behavioral change if personalized to the target users. This has led to an …

Research in persuasive technology (PT) and behaviour change systems has seen
significant growth over the last couple of years. One area of PT that still poses challenges to …

Computational argumentation allows for evaluating and assessing the acceptability of
arguments in order to infer conclusions out of the reasoning process or to resolve conflicts of …

Argumentative persuasive technologies are technologies that use argumentation in order to
persuade the persuadee to believe in something or not, which can later lead the persuadee …

Abstract—Monitoring patients with severe mental illness (SMI) has become a major
challenge in mental healthcare. Mobile health (mHealth) tools are more regularly used in a …