This paper reports experimental results comparing a mixed-initiative to a system-initiative dialogue strategy in the context of a personal voice email agent. To independently test the effects of dialogue strategy and user expertise, users interact with either the system-initiative or the mixed-initiative agent to perform three successive tasks which are identical for both agents. We report perf...

Personal growth occurs with life experiences and, most importantly, reflecting on negative experiences. This article argues that personal wisdom development involves pain and suffering yet feels more satisfying in retrospect. The present study attempts to explore, 1) if people different personality dispositions differ the choices handling regret face of failure 2) higher action orientation chos...

Patient advocacy is based on the premise that people have the right to make their own choices about their health care. Personal advocacy is centred on the experiential expertise of the individual affected by the condition, whereas group advocacy is grounded on patient-centred strategies and actions. The first patient advocacy groups for arthritis were set up over 20 years ago in the USA and hav...