Open AccessCounselove: Marital Counseling Android-based Application to Promote Marital Satisfaction
Author(s) -
Widodo Budiharto,
Meliana Meliana,
Pingkan Cynthia Belinda Rumondor
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
international journal of electrical and computer engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.277
H-Index - 22
ISSN - 2088-8708
DOI - 10.11591/ijece.v7i1.pp542-550
Subject(s) - android (operating system) , affection , computer science , psychology , mobile apps , android application , user satisfaction , android app , applied psychology , social psychology , human–computer interaction , world wide web , operating system
This paper presents the development of Android-based framework for improving marital satisfaction. Classic research in psychology found that stability of marriage is based on the ability to create and maintain a positive interaction ratio five times more than negative interactions. Based on that, we present Counselove, a mobile application intended to record information of daily positive behaviors (joking, showing affection) of couples who use the application. We propose a method where the apps can determine users’ marital satisfaction level and also can help users increasing their marital satisfaction based on the relationship satisfaction questionnaire and the assessment of user’s self reported behaviors to their partners using fuzzy logic. The experimental results shown the application is running well on mobile devices based on Android platform. Lastly, we provide result of in depth interview with two users. Further research and development of the Counselove apps are discussed.