{"id":310,"date":"2025-06-16T13:23:57","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T17:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/positivetechlab\/?page_id=310"},"modified":"2025-09-18T15:16:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T19:16:09","slug":"r-theme-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/positivetechlab\/r-theme-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Technologies for Emotional and Mental Wellbeing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Technologies for Emotional and Mental Wellbeing\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                                    \n\n<p>We design, prototype, and study interactive systems, both digital and physical, that support emotional awareness, mental health, and self-regulation. Our work explores how positive technologies can address youth anxiety, sleep issues, grief, and stress through emotion-centered design, personal data tracking, and embodied experiences.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p>Core methods: Personal informatics, emotion-centered design, tangible interfaces, data physicalization, narrative design<\/p>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-7xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n                            \n\n\n<header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n    <h2 id=\"example-projects\" class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative text-2xl md:text-3xl lg:text-4xl lg:leading-[3rem] pb-4 after:w-8 after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px\">\n        Example Projects\n    <\/h2>\n\n    <\/header>\n        \n        <div class=\"cu-column cu-component not-contained mx-auto grid max-w-7xl md:grid-cols-2 lg:grid-cols-4 gap-6 md:gap-10\">\n            \n\n\n    <div class=\"not-prose cu-card rounded-lg @container md:max-w-xl flex flex-col gap-3 bg-white shadow-lg shadow-cu-black-100 group duration-300 ease-in hover:scale-[1.02] hover:shadow-cu-black-200\">\n                    <figure class=\"mb-2 overflow-hidden rounded-t-lg\">\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/positivetechlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/151\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-09-19-111601-600x400.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/>\n            <\/figure>\n                <header class=\"px-6 first:mt-6\">\n            <div class=\"flex flex-row gap-1 w-full mb-4\">\n                                                    <p class=\"border-l border-cu-black-200 ml-2 pl-3 flex flex-row items-center italic text-sm text-cu-black-600 dark:text-white @sm:md:text-base\">\n                        1\n                        min read\n                    <\/p>\n                            <\/div>\n            <h2 class=\"line-clamp-3 text-lg font-semibold text-cu-black dark:text-white @sm:md:text-xl leading-6 @sm:md:leading-8\">\n                Enhancing Empathy in Pediatric Residency Through Immersive Design\n            <\/h2>\n        <\/header>\n\n        \n            <div class=\"flex flex-col px-6\">\n                <p class=\"text-base text-cu-black-700\">\n                    Project Summary Empathy is fundamental to quality healthcare, yet traditional residency training in Canada underemphasizes the development of empathetic communication skills\u2014especially in pediatrics, where clinicians\n                                            &#8230;\n                                    <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n        \n                    <footer class=\"px-6 pt-3 mt-auto text-white md:pt-5\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/positivetechlab\/2025\/enhancing-empathy-in-pediatric-residency-through-immersive-design\/\" class=\"cu-button cu-button--red cu-button--small\">\n                    Read more\n                <\/a>\n            <\/footer>\n            <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n    <div class=\"not-prose cu-card rounded-lg @container md:max-w-xl flex flex-col gap-3 bg-white shadow-lg shadow-cu-black-100 group duration-300 ease-in hover:scale-[1.02] hover:shadow-cu-black-200\">\n                    <figure class=\"mb-2 overflow-hidden rounded-t-lg\">\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/positivetechlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/151\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-09-19-111715-600x400.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/>\n            <\/figure>\n                <header class=\"px-6 first:mt-6\">\n            <div class=\"flex flex-row gap-1 w-full mb-4\">\n                                                    <p class=\"border-l border-cu-black-200 ml-2 pl-3 flex flex-row items-center italic text-sm text-cu-black-600 dark:text-white @sm:md:text-base\">\n                        1\n                        min read\n                    <\/p>\n                            <\/div>\n            <h2 class=\"line-clamp-3 text-lg font-semibold text-cu-black dark:text-white @sm:md:text-xl leading-6 @sm:md:leading-8\">\n                Tackling Revenge Bedtime Procrastination Through Data Physicalization\n            <\/h2>\n        <\/header>\n\n        \n            <div class=\"flex flex-col px-6\">\n                <p class=\"text-base text-cu-black-700\">\n                    Project Summary Sleep issues are on the rise among Canadian youth, with over 60% of students reporting poor sleep quality. This challenge is exacerbated by\n                                            &#8230;\n                                    <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n        \n                    <footer class=\"px-6 pt-3 mt-auto text-white md:pt-5\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/positivetechlab\/2025\/tackling-revenge-bedtime-procrastination-through-data-physicalization\/\" class=\"cu-button cu-button--red cu-button--small\">\n                    Read more\n                <\/a>\n            <\/footer>\n            <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n    <div class=\"not-prose cu-card rounded-lg @container md:max-w-xl flex flex-col gap-3 bg-white shadow-lg shadow-cu-black-100 group duration-300 ease-in hover:scale-[1.02] hover:shadow-cu-black-200\">\n                    <figure class=\"mb-2 overflow-hidden rounded-t-lg\">\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/positivetechlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/151\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-09-19-112500.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/>\n            <\/figure>\n                <header class=\"px-6 first:mt-6\">\n            <div class=\"flex flex-row gap-1 w-full mb-4\">\n                                                    <p class=\"border-l border-cu-black-200 ml-2 pl-3 flex flex-row items-center italic text-sm text-cu-black-600 dark:text-white @sm:md:text-base\">\n                        4\n                        min read\n                    <\/p>\n                            <\/div>\n            <h2 class=\"line-clamp-3 text-lg font-semibold text-cu-black dark:text-white @sm:md:text-xl leading-6 @sm:md:leading-8\">\n                Empowerment through my data: my way towards social informatics\n            <\/h2>\n        <\/header>\n\n        \n            <div class=\"flex flex-col px-6\">\n                <p class=\"text-base text-cu-black-700\">\n                    Introduction&nbsp; User experience research (UXR) has become increasingly relevant across industries and institutions. Yet, its implementation is often reduced to prescriptive design: designers and developers\n                                            &#8230;\n                                    <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n        \n                    <footer class=\"px-6 pt-3 mt-auto text-white md:pt-5\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/positivetechlab\/2023\/sample-news-post\/\" class=\"cu-button cu-button--red cu-button--small\">\n                    Read more\n                <\/a>\n            <\/footer>\n            <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n    <div class=\"not-prose cu-card rounded-lg @container md:max-w-xl flex flex-col gap-3 bg-white shadow-lg shadow-cu-black-100 group duration-300 ease-in hover:scale-[1.02] hover:shadow-cu-black-200\">\n                    <figure class=\"mb-2 overflow-hidden rounded-t-lg\">\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/positivetechlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/151\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-09-19-104533-600x400.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/>\n            <\/figure>\n                <header class=\"px-6 first:mt-6\">\n            <div class=\"flex flex-row gap-1 w-full mb-4\">\n                                                    <p class=\"border-l border-cu-black-200 ml-2 pl-3 flex flex-row items-center italic text-sm text-cu-black-600 dark:text-white @sm:md:text-base\">\n                        1\n                        min read\n                    <\/p>\n                            <\/div>\n            <h2 class=\"line-clamp-3 text-lg font-semibold text-cu-black dark:text-white @sm:md:text-xl leading-6 @sm:md:leading-8\">\n                The MemoryCache: Supporting Bereavement Through Tangible Storytelling\n            <\/h2>\n        <\/header>\n\n        \n            <div class=\"flex flex-col px-6\">\n                <p class=\"text-base text-cu-black-700\">\n                    Project Summary Grief is a deeply personal experience, often intensified by social isolation and the loss of rituals that help us mourn. 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