Grant Agreement No: 611366Grant Agreement • October 30th, 2014
Contract Type FiledOctober 30th, 2014Building up and sustaining the motivation for tasks where short-term convenience has to be traded for greater long-term benefit is notoriously difficult. In a world of increasing obesity, stress and other unhealthy practices, new technological capabilities play an important role in motivating individuals towards behavioural change, especially when aiming for preventive interventions. This type of intervention requires a multi-disciplinary approach that integrates psychological knowledge into the domain of e-health applications. The present document represents the interim motivational and design aspects of the PRECIOUS system and service implementation. It provides information on relevant theories used within the areas of motivation, behaviour change and gamification research, which are used within PRECIOUS. The document also suggests a service design that will enable the translation from a health