Long-Term Goals or Immediate Desires? Introducing a Toolset for Designing with Self-Control Dilemmas

Ozkaramanli, D ORCID: 0000-0002-6046-5104, Özcan, E and Desmet, P (2017) Long-Term Goals or Immediate Desires? Introducing a Toolset for Designing with Self-Control Dilemmas. The Design Journal, 20 (2). pp. 219-238.

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Abstract

This paper suggests that designers can frame user behaviour in terms of the conflicts between long-term goals and immediate desires (i.e. self-control dilemmas), and address these conflicts by facilitating the pursuit of long-term goals. A phenomenological study provided an understanding of self-control dilemmas and the strategies people use to deal with these dilemmas. Based on this understanding, this paper proposes a framework for analysing self-control dilemmas and three supporting design strategies. The framework can act as an analysis tool when distinguishing between long-term goals and immediate desires, and the design strategies can facilitate generation of ideas that can address self-control dilemmas. Understanding these human principles offers novel opportunities for products, services, or policies that contribute to subjective well-being.

Item Type:	Article
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Uncontrolled Keywords:	self-control dilemma, user-centred design, design tools, user behaviour, subjective well-being
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	13 Apr 2017 06:31
Last Modified:	19 Jan 2023 07:06
DOI:	10.1080/14606925.2017.1272831
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3006976