Technology evaluations are associated with psychological need satisfaction across different spheres of experience: an application of the METUX scales.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Digital technologies have the capacity to impact psychological wellbeing in both positive and negative ways. Improving technologies with respect to wellbeing requires nuanced understanding of this impact and reliable ways to measure it. Here, we aim to further this understanding by investigating the relations between psychological needs and people's evaluations of technologies (with respect to satisfaction, usability, and measures of value).

Method

Across two studies with 1,521 participants, we improved and validated four scales that were first put forward as part of the METUX model of technology interaction. These scales measure psychological needs in the life, behavior, task, and interface spheres of experience. We applied these scales to four separate technol

SUBMITTER: Burnell R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10232989 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature