How the use of mobile fitness technology influences older adults’ physical and psychological well-being
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Highlights:
• Older adults are becoming increasingly interested in mobile fitness (mFit) technology.
• We examined the feature set use and physical and psychological well-being of older adults.
• Survey data were collected from 189 older adult users of mFit technology.
• MFit technology feature sets played different roles in enhancing the physical and psychological well-being of older adults.
• Social support for mFit technology use has direct and indirect effects on physical and psychological well-being.
摘要
•Older adults are becoming increasingly interested in mobile fitness (mFit) technology.•We examined the feature set use and physical and psychological well-being of older adults.•Survey data were collected from 189 older adult users of mFit technology.•MFit technology feature sets played different roles in enhancing the physical and psychological well-being of older adults.•Social support for mFit technology use has direct and indirect effects on physical and psychological well-being.
论文关键词:Mobile fitness technology,Physical well-being,Psychological well-being,Feature set analysis
论文评审过程:Received 14 March 2021, Revised 10 September 2021, Accepted 20 January 2022, Available online 22 January 2022, Version of Record 26 January 2022.
论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2022.107205