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

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Highlights:

• We examine how motivational technology characteristics help users to sustain their motivation and acquire habitual behaviors.

• Autonomous motivation leads to habitual intentions predicated upon user preferences for different motivational features.

• Motivational features (gaming, instructing, sharing, tracking) mediate motivation and habitual use relationship.

• We show different paths to habitual intention depending on each age and gender.

摘要

•We examine how motivational technology characteristics help users to sustain their motivation and acquire habitual behaviors.•Autonomous motivation leads to habitual intentions predicated upon user preferences for different motivational features.•Motivational features (gaming, instructing, sharing, tracking) mediate motivation and habitual use relationship.•We show different paths to habitual intention depending on each age and gender.

论文关键词:Wearable devices,Motivational technology,Habit formation,Gamification,Tracking,U-commerce

论文评审过程:Received 27 April 2021, Revised 19 October 2021, Accepted 1 November 2021, Available online 2 November 2021, Version of Record 23 December 2021.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2021.107089