EMOTION MAPPING Tech for Youth Resilience

Fred Dillon, Director of Product Development

Janxin Leu, Ph.D., Director of Product Innovation!

YTH Live!

April 8, 2014 / San Francisco!

noun. The ability to bounce back from adversity, challenge, insult or injury.!

Resilience!

to support health & well-being!Resilience!

+ Resilience!

Purpose!

Connection!

Control!

Frederickson et al. (2013). A functional genomic perspective on human well-being. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 110 (33),�13684-13689.!

Damon, W. (2008). The Path To Purpose: How Young People Find Their Calling in Life. New York, NY: Free Press. !

A far-reaching steady goal; something personally meaningful and self-transcending.!

Purpose!

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Happiness!

Feeling Good!

Feeling Good!Doing Good!

Feeling Good! Doing Good!

Happy!

Depressed!

Feeling Good! Doing Good!

Happy!

Depressed!

Healthy!

Risky!

Doing Good!

Healthy!

Risky!

Doing Good!

Feeling Good!

Doing Good!

Cohen, S., & Janicki-Deverts, D. (2009). Can we improve our physical health by altering our�social�networks? Perspectives on Psychological Science, 4, 375-378.!

Cacioppo, J. T., & Patrick, B. (2008). Loneliness: human nature and the need for social connection. New York: W. W. Norton�& Company.!

Authentic relationship with others, a sense of belonging, the opposite of loneliness.!

Connection!

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In! OUT!

In!

OUT!

Lifespan!

3!years!

Cole et al. (2012). Interactivity and Reward-Related Neural Activation during a Serious Videogame. PLOS ONE, 7 e33909.!

Kato et al. (2008). A Video Game Improves Behavioral Outcomes in Adolescents and Young Adults With Cancer: A Randomized Trial. Pediatrics, 122, e305-e317.!

Schwarzer, R., & Jerusalem, M. (1995). Generalized Self-Efficacy scale. In J. Weinman, S. Wright, & M. Johnston (Eds.), Measures in health psychology: A user’s portfolio. Causal and control beliefs (pp. 35–37). Windsor, England: NFER-NELSON.!

Our belief in our power to affect our destinies, the engine of motivation.!

Control!

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Purpose!

Connection!

Control!

To boost resilience!Emotion Mapping

Educating the mind without !educating the heart is no education at all. !

– Aristotle !

An evidence-based approach to teaching emotional intelligence skills !to people of all ages, from preschoolers to CEOs.

What is emotional intelligence?

Recognizing emotions Understanding causes and consequences Labeling accurately Expressing appropriately Regulating effectively

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Pleasantness

Energy

The Mood MeterHow are you feeling?

Sourcing design options!

As described in Decisive (2013), by Chip Heath & Dan Heath!

Sourcing Design Options!

Ask users!!

•  Plot%your%feelings%•  Describe%why%you%have%that%feeling%•  Select%a%strategy%to%shi7%your%feeling%•  Gain%insights%with%reports%•  Receive%reminders%

Text Message Interventions to Reduce Peer Aggression/Bullying and Increase Empathy

•  Drs. Dorothy Espelage (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) and Michelle Ybarra (The Center for Innovative Public Health Research)!

•  Dr. Sara Konrath, University of Michigan!!

Gateway to the Greater Good

•  Greater Good Science Center, University of California, Berkeley!!

Wellness Apps Benchmark Study !

ResilienceTech.org

HopeLab Resilience Projects

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