The Development of 'Friend from Heart' Application based on LINE System to Promote Well-Being of Undergraduate Students of Faculty of Education, Kasetsart University
Autor: | Varangkana Somanandana, Sutasinee Jitanan, Sumalee Kham-in, Manatee Jitanan, Usanee Lalitpasan |
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Rok vydání: | 2021 |
Předmět: |
050103 clinical psychology
Medical education Research ethics business.industry 05 social sciences computer.software_genre Chatbot Mental health Online counseling 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Health care Well-being medicine Anxiety 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences medicine.symptom business Psychology computer 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Research method |
Zdroj: | Higher Education Studies. 11:215 |
ISSN: | 1925-475X 1925-4741 |
DOI: | 10.5539/hes.v11n2p215 |
Popis: | Depression and suicide rates among youths tended to increase. From reviews, many applications and online counseling could reduce depression and anxiety to promote well-being of youths and university students effectively. This study was conducted to develop "Friend from heart" application based on LINE system to promote well-being for undergraduate students of faculty of education, Kasetsart University. The research method included the survey of basic data for developing the application and evaluation of the application by specialists. A total of 72 voluntary students were invited to join an online survey. It was found that most of the students (81.94%) wanted applications that provide physical health information such as exercise, eating healthy food, and health care. However, about 16.66% of students needed an application that can speak or listen problems with video calls. Then, researchers took the services that students were interested more than 50% to develop the applications. It worked through the application, consisting of chatbot, physical health, mental health, and appointment with counselor. The index of item-objective congruence was 0.66-1.00 with additional specialists commenting that the application had an interesting design with good structure to help students. For ethical approval, it was obtained from the Kasetsart University Research Ethics Committee. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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