Patterns of behavior change in students over an academic term: A preliminary study of activity and sociability behaviors using smartphone sensing methods

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Highlights:

• Study evaluates viability of using smartphone app to track health-related behaviors.

• 48 students used app that collected accelerometer and microphone data for 10 weeks.

• Stability estimates for weekly activity and sociability were moderate to high.

• Durations of weekly activity and sociability decreased during first half of term.

• Ethnicity and academic class predicted variation in the behavior trajectories.

摘要

•Study evaluates viability of using smartphone app to track health-related behaviors.•48 students used app that collected accelerometer and microphone data for 10 weeks.•Stability estimates for weekly activity and sociability were moderate to high.•Durations of weekly activity and sociability decreased during first half of term.•Ethnicity and academic class predicted variation in the behavior trajectories.

论文关键词:Mobile sensing,Smartphone application,Physical activity,Sociability,mHealth,College students

论文评审过程:Received 26 February 2016, Revised 10 May 2016, Accepted 26 October 2016, Available online 16 November 2016, Version of Record 16 November 2016.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.10.027