Development and evaluation of a self-care mental health mobile app

Self-help and self-care products are becoming ever more popular. However, they are usually distributed through print media, hence, limiting their intended reach. By creating a self-care, mental-health app, we intend to increase the reach of a previously internally tested Self-Love journal developed by Switch Research Inc. The app will be developed with the help of intended app users who will test the app during development and provide their feedback about their app use experience and usability. By including intended app users in the app development process, we hope to create a product that is not only evidence-based, but also reflects the needs of its intended user. After the app is developed, we will evaluate the app to see if it has the same effect as the Self-Love journal that has previously been shown to increase self-kindness, self-acceptance, and mindfulness. Hence, by the end of the project, Switch Research Inc will have a self-care, mental-health app that reflects the needs of their intended users as well as preliminary data about the users’ app engagement and the impact of the app on users’ self-kindness, self-acceptance, and mindfulness.

Faculty Supervisor:

Sam Liu

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Partner:

Switch Research

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Retail trade

University:

University of Victoria

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