Development of a Mobile Application through Interface Design: Mental Health Assessment and Support for College Students

The mental health of college students has received a lot of attention from designers in recent years. The development of applications to help college students support their mental health has a considerable market prospect. At the same time, there is some room for improvement in the interface design of related applications. This article mainly discusses the theoretical framework and interface design direction of providing meditation and emotion tracking as two kinds of mental health applications. Through literature review, it proves the effectiveness of developing apps through interface design to positively affect mental health disorders. The results of the study show that college students have a strong need for personalized interface design for apps, a lack of motivation and spontaneity in the continued use of the apps, a lack of information on how to use mental health apps appropriately, and a lack of psychological knowledge on the part of the users. This research provides a reference direction for prototyping mental health apps to make up for the lack of existing interface design.