Motivation for physical activity and physcial activity engagement in current and former wearable fitness tracker users: A mixed-methods examination

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Highlights:

• Current and former wearable fitness tracker users differ in exercise motivation.

• Current and former users differ in minutes of sedentary time but not exercise.

• Former users report guilt when not meeting their tracker goals.

• Former users are skeptical of the accuracy of metrics tracked by wearables.

• Current users report using their device to track data, rather than for motivation.

摘要

•Current and former wearable fitness tracker users differ in exercise motivation.•Current and former users differ in minutes of sedentary time but not exercise.•Former users report guilt when not meeting their tracker goals.•Former users are skeptical of the accuracy of metrics tracked by wearables.•Current users report using their device to track data, rather than for motivation.

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论文评审过程:Received 24 September 2020, Revised 15 February 2021, Accepted 25 March 2021, Available online 29 March 2021, Version of Record 6 April 2021.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2021.106798