“Working out for likes”: An empirical study on social influence in exercise gamification

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Highlights:

• We study the relationship between social factors, continued use and exercise.

• Network effects, subjective norms, recognition, and reciprocal benefits are studied.

• The study employs survey data from an exercise gamification application.

• We investigate the model structure, direct and mediated effects on use and exercise.

• Social factors are found to be associated with continued use and exercise.

摘要

•We study the relationship between social factors, continued use and exercise.•Network effects, subjective norms, recognition, and reciprocal benefits are studied.•The study employs survey data from an exercise gamification application.•We investigate the model structure, direct and mediated effects on use and exercise.•Social factors are found to be associated with continued use and exercise.

论文关键词:Gamification,Social networking,Social influence,Continued use,eHealth,mHealth

论文评审过程:Available online 24 April 2015.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2015.04.018