---
_id: '13636'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: 'Successful treatment not only depends on adhering to taking medication and
attending therapy but also on behavioral changes. In two experiments (total N = 256),
we investigated the hypothesis that the perceived social role of a treatment as
partner (co-producer of a health-benefits) or servant (sole provider of health
benefits) could promote or prevent intentions to engage in health-related behaviors.
Specifically, we used headache treatment as an everyday example and found that
participants were more inclined to engage in headache-reducing behaviors when
painkillers were described as partners as compared to servants. Implications of
these findings for the importance of anthropomorphic social perception in the
clinical application are discussed. '
author:
- first_name: Jana S.
full_name: Aengenheister, Jana S.
last_name: Aengenheister
- first_name: Renée
full_name: Urban, Renée
last_name: Urban
- first_name: Georg
full_name: Halbeisen, Georg
id: '85780'
last_name: Halbeisen
orcid: 0000-0002-9529-2215
citation:
ama: Aengenheister JS, Urban R, Halbeisen G. Cures That (Make You) Work How a Treatment’s
Social Role Affects Health-Related Behavioral Intentions. Zeitschrift für Psychologie.
2021;229(3):171-177. doi:10.1027/2151-2604/a000449
apa: Aengenheister, J. S., Urban, R., & Halbeisen, G. (2021). Cures That (Make
You) Work How a Treatment’s Social Role Affects Health-Related Behavioral Intentions.
Zeitschrift Für Psychologie, 229(3), 171–177. https://doi.org/10.1027/2151-2604/a000449
bjps: Aengenheister JS, Urban R and Halbeisen G (2021) Cures That (Make You)
Work How a Treatment’s Social Role Affects Health-Related Behavioral Intentions.
Zeitschrift für Psychologie 229, 171–177.
chicago: 'Aengenheister, Jana S., Renée Urban, and Georg Halbeisen. “Cures That
(Make You) Work How a Treatment’s Social Role Affects Health-Related Behavioral
Intentions.” Zeitschrift Für Psychologie 229, no. 3 (2021): 171–77. https://doi.org/10.1027/2151-2604/a000449.'
chicago-de: 'Aengenheister, Jana S., Renée Urban und Georg Halbeisen. 2021. Cures
That (Make You) Work How a Treatment’s Social Role Affects Health-Related Behavioral
Intentions. Zeitschrift für Psychologie 229, Nr. 3: 171–177. doi:10.1027/2151-2604/a000449,
.'
din1505-2-1: 'Aengenheister, Jana S.
; Urban, Renée ; Halbeisen,
Georg: Cures That (Make You) Work How a Treatment’s Social Role Affects
Health-Related Behavioral Intentions. In: Zeitschrift für Psychologie Bd.
229. Göttingen, Hogrefe (2021), Nr. 3, S. 171–177'
havard: J.S. Aengenheister, R. Urban, G. Halbeisen, Cures That (Make You) Work How
a Treatment’s Social Role Affects Health-Related Behavioral Intentions, Zeitschrift
Für Psychologie. 229 (2021) 171–177.
ieee: 'J. S. Aengenheister, R. Urban, and G. Halbeisen, “Cures That (Make You) Work
How a Treatment’s Social Role Affects Health-Related Behavioral Intentions,” Zeitschrift
für Psychologie, vol. 229, no. 3, pp. 171–177, 2021, doi: 10.1027/2151-2604/a000449.'
mla: Aengenheister, Jana S., et al. “Cures That (Make You) Work How a Treatment’s
Social Role Affects Health-Related Behavioral Intentions.” Zeitschrift Für
Psychologie, vol. 229, no. 3, 2021, pp. 171–77, https://doi.org/10.1027/2151-2604/a000449.
short: J.S. Aengenheister, R. Urban, G. Halbeisen, Zeitschrift Für Psychologie 229
(2021) 171–177.
ufg: 'Aengenheister, Jana S./Urban, Renée/Halbeisen, Georg: Cures That (Make
You) Work How a Treatment’s Social Role Affects Health-Related Behavioral Intentions,
in: Zeitschrift für Psychologie 229 (2021), H. 3, S. 171–177.'
van: Aengenheister JS, Urban R, Halbeisen G. Cures That (Make You) Work How a Treatment’s
Social Role Affects Health-Related Behavioral Intentions. Zeitschrift für Psychologie.
2021;229(3):171–7.
date_created: 2026-03-27T10:12:59Z
date_updated: 2026-03-27T14:29:19Z
department:
- _id: DEP1500
doi: 10.1027/2151-2604/a000449
external_id:
isi:
- '000708159600005'
intvolume: ' 229'
isi: '1'
issue: '3'
keyword:
- social cognition
- health behavior
- anthropomorphism
- headache
language:
- iso: eng
page: 171-177
place: Göttingen
publication: Zeitschrift für Psychologie
publication_identifier:
eissn:
- 2151-2604
issn:
- 2190-8370
publication_status: published
publisher: 'Hogrefe '
quality_controlled: '1'
status: public
title: Cures That (Make You) Work How a Treatment's Social Role Affects Health-Related
Behavioral Intentions
type: scientific_journal_article
user_id: '83781'
volume: 229
year: '2021'
...
---
_id: '4377'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: Within the last years the concept of trust has attracted increased attention
in the field of smart home environments. However, little is known about what determines
trustworthiness in this context. For this reason the objective was to examine
mental models in terms of anthropomorphic perception of smart home environments
and its relation to trustworthiness. Two studies (N=36) were carried out in the
Future Care Lab, a simulated intelligent home environment. We used the teach-back
method to help participants to talk about the smart home environment technology
and asked to generate a metaphor of an experienced home-monitoring scenario. Finally,
we applied linguistic analysis of responses to detect anthropomorphic characteristics.
In general, results demonstrate inspiring metaphors related to the personal assistance
system, e.g. "like an airbag…" or "like a family member…", which might be useful
for future interface designs and approaches of communication in the context of
smart home environments. However, no relation of anthropomorphism and trustworthiness
could be found. Therefore, we suggest an anthropomorphic threshold, which should
be investigated by using an improved method and trust scale.
author:
- first_name: Oliver
full_name: Sack, Oliver
last_name: Sack
- first_name: Carsten
full_name: Röcker, Carsten
id: '61525'
last_name: Röcker
citation:
ama: Sack O, Röcker C. “Like a Family Member Who Takes Care of Me” – Users’ Anthropomorphic
Representations and Trustworthiness of Smart Home Environments. International
Journal of Virtual Worlds and Human Computer Interaction. 2014;2(1):28-36.
doi:10.11159/vwhci.2014.004
apa: Sack, O., & Röcker, C. (2014). “Like a Family Member Who Takes Care of
Me” – Users’ Anthropomorphic Representations and Trustworthiness of Smart Home
Environments. International Journal of Virtual Worlds and Human Computer Interaction,
2(1), 28–36. https://doi.org/10.11159/vwhci.2014.004
bjps: Sack O and Röcker C (2014) “Like a Family Member Who Takes Care of
Me” – Users’ Anthropomorphic Representations and Trustworthiness of Smart Home
Environments. International Journal of Virtual Worlds and Human Computer Interaction
2, 28–36.
chicago: 'Sack, Oliver, and Carsten Röcker. “‘Like a Family Member Who Takes Care
of Me’ – Users’ Anthropomorphic Representations and Trustworthiness of Smart Home
Environments.” International Journal of Virtual Worlds and Human Computer Interaction
2, no. 1 (2014): 28–36. https://doi.org/10.11159/vwhci.2014.004.'
chicago-de: 'Sack, Oliver und Carsten Röcker. 2014. “Like a Family Member Who Takes
Care of Me” – Users’ Anthropomorphic Representations and Trustworthiness of Smart
Home Environments. International Journal of Virtual Worlds and Human Computer
Interaction 2, Nr. 1: 28–36. doi:10.11159/vwhci.2014.004,
.'
din1505-2-1: 'Sack, Oliver ; Röcker, Carsten: “Like a Family Member
Who Takes Care of Me” – Users’ Anthropomorphic Representations and Trustworthiness
of Smart Home Environments. In: International Journal of Virtual Worlds and
Human Computer Interaction Bd. 2. Orléans, ON , Avestia Publishing, International
ASET Inc. (2014), Nr. 1, S. 28–36'
havard: O. Sack, C. Röcker, “Like a Family Member Who Takes Care of Me” – Users’
Anthropomorphic Representations and Trustworthiness of Smart Home Environments,
International Journal of Virtual Worlds and Human Computer Interaction. 2 (2014)
28–36.
ieee: O. Sack and C. Röcker, “‘Like a Family Member Who Takes Care of Me’ – Users’
Anthropomorphic Representations and Trustworthiness of Smart Home Environments,”
International Journal of Virtual Worlds and Human Computer Interaction,
vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 28–36, 2014.
mla: Sack, Oliver, and Carsten Röcker. “‘Like a Family Member Who Takes Care of
Me’ – Users’ Anthropomorphic Representations and Trustworthiness of Smart Home
Environments.” International Journal of Virtual Worlds and Human Computer Interaction,
vol. 2, no. 1, Avestia Publishing, International ASET Inc. , 2014, pp. 28–36,
doi:10.11159/vwhci.2014.004.
short: O. Sack, C. Röcker, International Journal of Virtual Worlds and Human Computer
Interaction 2 (2014) 28–36.
ufg: 'Sack, Oliver/Röcker, Carsten (2014): “Like a Family Member Who Takes
Care of Me” – Users’ Anthropomorphic Representations and Trustworthiness of Smart
Home Environments, in: International Journal of Virtual Worlds and Human Computer
Interaction 2 (1), S. 28–36.'
van: Sack O, Röcker C. “Like a Family Member Who Takes Care of Me” – Users’ Anthropomorphic
Representations and Trustworthiness of Smart Home Environments. International
Journal of Virtual Worlds and Human Computer Interaction. 2014;2(1):28–36.
date_created: 2021-01-14T10:13:27Z
date_updated: 2023-03-15T13:49:52Z
department:
- _id: DEP5023
doi: 10.11159/vwhci.2014.004
extern: '1'
intvolume: ' 2'
issue: '1'
keyword:
- Smart environment
- e-health
- user study
- mental model
- anthropomorphism
- metaphor
- technology acceptance
- trust
- evaluation
language:
- iso: eng
main_file_link:
- open_access: '1'
oa: '1'
page: 28 - 36
place: ' Orléans, ON '
publication: International Journal of Virtual Worlds and Human Computer Interaction
publication_identifier:
eissn:
- 2368-6103
publication_status: published
publisher: ' Avestia Publishing, International ASET Inc. '
status: public
title: “Like a Family Member Who Takes Care of Me” – Users’ Anthropomorphic Representations
and Trustworthiness of Smart Home Environments
type: journal_article
user_id: '15514'
volume: 2
year: 2014
...