Abstract: While human beings have a right to digital experiences that support, rather than diminish, their psychological wellbeing, technology designers lack research-based practices for ensuring psychological needs are met. To help address this gap, we draw on findings from over 30 years of research in psychology (specifically, self-determination theory) that has identified contextual factors shown to support psychological wellbeing. We translate these findings into a list of 15 heuristics and 30 design strategies to provide technology makers with theoretically grounded, research-based, and actionable ways to support wellbeing in user experience.
Citation: Peters, D. (2022). Wellbeing Supportive Design – Research-Based Guidelines for Supporting Psychological Wellbeing in User Experience. International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction, 0(0), 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1080/10447318.2022.2089812
