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Living Memory Home: Understanding Continuing Bond in the Digital Age through Backstage Grieving

W. She,Panote Siriaraya,C. Ang,H. Prigerson

Published 2021 in International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

ABSTRACT

Prolong Grief Disorder (PGD) is a condition in which mourners are stuck in the grief process for a prolonged period and continue to suffer from an intense, mal-adaptive level of grief. Despite the increased popularity of virtual mourning practices, and subsequently the emergence of HCI research in this area, there is little research looking into how continuing bonds maintained digitally promote or impede bereavement adjustment. Through a one-month diary study and in-depth interviews with 17 participants who recently lost their loved ones, we identified four broad mechanisms of how grievers engage in what we called ”backstage” grieving (as opposed to bereavement through digital public space like social media). We further discuss how this personal and private grieving is important in maintaining emotional well-being hence avoiding developing PGD, as well as possible design opportunities and challenges for future digital tools to support grieving.

PUBLICATION RECORD

  • Publication year

    2021

  • Venue

    International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

  • Publication date

    2021-05-06

  • Fields of study

    Computer Science, Psychology

  • Identifiers
    DOI 10.1145/3411764.3445336
  • External record

    Open on Semantic Scholar

  • Source metadata

    Semantic Scholar

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