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An Interactive Smartphone Application to Manage Youth Loneliness

Rammya, SB and Kumar, T (2024) An Interactive Smartphone Application to Manage Youth Loneliness. In: 8th International Conference on Smart Trends in Computing and Communications, SmartCom 2024, 12 January 2024through 13 January 2024, Pune, pp. 49-63.

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-1313-4_5

Abstract

Young adults are exposed to immense stress due to unhealthy lifestyles, affecting their mental health. Loneliness is one such issue that is not given enough attention in the society. It has become extremely challenging to identify and manage, especially for the youth. This paper focuses on the issue of loneliness in 16�24-year-olds and attempts to develop an app-based solution. To understand the factors causing loneliness, five interviews were conducted and eighty-three survey responses were recorded. The obtained insights were utilized to ideate solutions by applying design techniques like giga mapping, concept evaluation, and morphological matrix. The proposed solution is a smartphone application that has been designed on Figma with built-in artificial intelligence (AI) and augmented reality (AR). This app consists of an all-time companion that is designed to make the youth feel comfortable in sharing their feelings and overcoming their loneliness by encouraging them to adopt a healthier lifestyle. © The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2024.

Item Type: Conference Proceedings
Publication: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems
Series.: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Additional Information: The copyright for this article belongs to Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH.
Keywords: Artificial intelligence; mHealth; Smartphones, Concept evaluation; Design technique; Evaluation matrices; Exposed to; Gigas; Mental health; Not given; Smart-phone applications; Young adults; Youth, Augmented reality
Department/Centre: Division of Mechanical Sciences > Department of Design & Manufacturing (formerly Centre for Product Design & Manufacturing)
Date Deposited: 04 Aug 2024 13:19
Last Modified: 04 Aug 2024 13:19
URI: http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/85738

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