Developing a Personalized Virtual Coach for Emotional Eaters 35 2 Figure 1 | Schematic drawing of ‘Denk je zèlf!’ mHealth intervention The training offers exercises based on practical experience in daily life. Modules are replaceable – they can be replaced by modules with content that might be focused on users with low socio-economic status. Users are invited to fill in their behaviour chain analysis (Fig. 2) and emotion diary on a daily basis. The behaviour chain analysis is to be performed at the moment a participant has given into cravings and poor eating behaviour or is just about to do so. The behavioural chain analysis is utilised to analyse problem behaviour and determine prompting events and vulnerability factors. People can also fill in new personal goals and consider ways to prevent prompting events and to think of solutions to reduce susceptibility in the future. Reminders to log in to the application and fill in the behaviour chain and the diary are sent out at the fixed times previously agreed with the user. Both components are considered indispensable in the face-to-face training being daily ‘homework’ for the participants.
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