GIST do it! How motivational mechanisms help wearable users develop healthy habits

Oc, Yusuf; Plangger, Kirk

doi:10.1016/j.chb.2021.107089

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“…Choi and Kim (2016) examine intention to use wearables while (Chuah et al, 2016; Jee & Sohn, 2015; Spil et al, 2021) examine adoption and use. The other articles focusing on macrolevel wellbeing examine factors influencing acceptance (Huarng et al, 2022; Wu et al, 2016), use (Lunney et al,2016), continued use (Hong et al, 2017; Shin & Biocca, 2017), habitual use (Marakhimov & Joo, 2017; Oc & Plangger, 2022; Stragier et al, 2016), resistance to adoption (Ogbanufe & Gerhart, 2022) and older people's adoption (Talukder et al, 2020), or intention to use wearables (Farivar et al, 2020; Javdan et al, 2023). The emphasis within macrolevel wellbeing is adoption and use, with limited attention to disposal, a crucial aspect of macrolevel wellbeing.…”

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“…We propose that future studies adopt a wider range of methods to benefit from more detailed insights that qualitative studies can offer. Relatedly, Figure 4 highlights the use of mediators to understand causal relationships, but relatively few moderators are included, namely demographic variables of age and gender (Oc & Plangger, 2022; Wu et al, 2016;), usage (Stragier et al, 2016) and subjective wellbeing (Farivar et al, 2020). To extend current research on wearables and wellbeing, other moderators should be explored such as socioeconomic status, which encompasses education, employment, income, and social class, all evidenced to possess a positive association with levels of wellbeing (Pinquart & Sörensen, 2000).…”

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Prevalent elements of consumer wellbeing in wearable technology use: An interdisciplinary systematic review and future research agenda

Mwangi,

Millard,

Histon

2024

Psychology and Marketing

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The impact of wearable technology (wearables) on user wellbeing requires closer examination given the growth in adoption across multiple domains including workplaces, leisure, and healthcare. This paper consolidates research on consumer wellbeing and wearables through an interdisciplinary systematic review of 23 empirical journal articles from psychology, information technology and business domains. Our analysis highlights the principal conceptualizations of wellbeing and offers insights into theories, methods, and key variables in these studies. The findings reveal an overemphasis on adoption and usage of wearables in the literature; a narrow definition of wellbeing; and a limited range of theoretical and methodological perspectives. We propose that future research should be holistic, drawing on mainstream wellbeing theories and examining micro, meso, and macro level conceptualizations of wellbeing. Employing diverse methodologies such as longitudinal, time sampling, cross‐sectional, qualitative, and quantitative approaches, and randomized control trials. We develop a framework outlining avenues for future research to extend current understanding in this research domain.

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Prevalent elements of consumer wellbeing in wearable technology use: An interdisciplinary systematic review and future research agenda

Mwangi,

Millard,

Histon

2024

Psychology and Marketing

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“…The collected qualitative data suggest that several factors influenced participants' motivation to meditate with Prana, including their personal motivations, the impact of documenting meditation experience, the impact of life events, personality traits, and technical glitches. As motivation has been found to play a vital role in habit formation by stimulating repetition of target behaviors [59], these factors may partly explain some of their struggles to adhere to a routine, as discussed below.…”

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Technology and Meditation: Exploring the Challenges and Benefits of a Physical Device to Support Meditation Routine

Kermavnar,

Desmet

2024

MTI

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Existing studies of technology supporting meditation habit formation mainly focus on mobile applications which support users via reminders. A potentially more effective source of motivation could be contextual cues provided by meaningful objects in meaningful locations. This longitudinal mixed-methods 8-week study explored the effectiveness of such an object, Prana, in supporting forming meditation habits among seven novice meditators. First, the Meditation Intentions Questionnaire-24 and the Determinants of Meditation Practice Inventory-Revised were administered. The self-report habit index (SrHI) was administered before and after the study. Prana recorded meditation session times, while daily diaries captured subjective experiences. At the end of the study, the system usability scale, the ten-item personality inventory, and the brief self-control scale were completed, followed by individual semi-structured interviews. We expected to find an increase in meditation frequency and temporal consistency, but the results failed to confirm this. Participants meditated for between 16% and 84% of the study. The frequency decreased with time for four, decreased with subsequent increase for two, and remained stable for one of them. Daily meditation experiences were positive, and the perceived difficulty to start meditating was low. No relevant correlation was found between the perceived difficulty in starting to meditate and meditation experience overall; the latter was only weakly associated with the likelihood of meditating the next day. While meditation became more habitual for six participants, positive scores on SrHI were rare. Despite the inconclusive results, this study provides valuable insights into challenges and benefits of using a meditation device, as well as potential methodological difficulties in studying habit formation with physical devices.

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“…Previous studies used SDT to examine the interaction between various technology variables and user behavior (Plangger et al , 2019; Oc and Plangger, 2022). We used SDT to identify different user groups' behavior for sports technology usage and its relationship with context-aware characteristics.…”

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An acceptance model for sports technologies: the effects of sports motivation, sports type and context-aware characteristics

Toker

2022

IJSMS

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Purpose This study explores the drivers behind sports technology use and identifies the need for a new conceptualization of sports technology adoption. To address this issue, the authors create a new construct, “context-awareness,” with four dimensions: tracking, coaching, sharing and gamification.Design/methodology/approach The paper uses a mixed-method approach, including in-depth interviews and partial least squares structural equation modeling. The proposed model combines technology acceptance frameworks with the Sports Motivation Scale and a novel context-awareness scale. It is empirically tested with a diverse sample of 600 respondents to identify use-intention differences according to sports motivation and sport types.Findings The paper reveals group differences in sports type (dynamic vs nondynamic) and sports motivation (intrinsic vs extrinsic) regarding sports technology use. It also suggests that perceived technology characteristics mediate the relationship between context-aware features and intention to use.Originality/value This research introduces a new construct of “context-awareness” into the literature on new technology acceptance. The proposed model combines insights from information systems, sports science, sports marketing and sports medicine to explain the adoption of complex technology.

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GIST do it! How motivational mechanisms help wearable users develop healthy habits

Cited by 9 publications

References 88 publications

Prevalent elements of consumer wellbeing in wearable technology use: An interdisciplinary systematic review and future research agenda

Prevalent elements of consumer wellbeing in wearable technology use: An interdisciplinary systematic review and future research agenda

Technology and Meditation: Exploring the Challenges and Benefits of a Physical Device to Support Meditation Routine

An acceptance model for sports technologies: the effects of sports motivation, sports type and context-aware characteristics

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