Consumer Health Information Technology : Motivation, Ability, and Opportunity in the Contexts of Older People and Fitness Tracking Technology
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In this article, the role of the motivational affordances, the underlying motivation-psychological process, and role of interpersonal, motivational differences of the users were investigated. But, the results revealed that individual motivational affordance distinctively satisfy users' needs for autonomy, competence, and relatedness, and thereby enhance the physical activity motivation and behavior of the individuals.Abstract:
Physical inactivity is a prevailing issue of our society causing billions in healthcare, productivity losses, and million deaths. To counteract this problem, fitness tracking technology is increasingly considered as a means to enhance motivate individuals’ physical activity motivation and behavior. Extant research, however, provides an overall inconclusive picture about the ‘motivational effectiveness’ of fitness tracking technology, reporting, positive, mixed, and even adverse impacts on physical activity motivation and behavior. To better understand these motivational impacts, this paper theorizes the role of the motivational affordances, the underlying motivation-psychological process, and the role of interpersonal, motivational differences of the users. Based on an empirical study involving 286 fitness tracking technology users, results reveal how individual motivational affordances distinctively satisfy users’ needs for autonomy, competence, and relatedness, and thereby enhance the physical activity motivation and behavior of the individuals. Moreover, results support interpersonal variations stemming from motivational affordances as that users pursuing certain physical activity goal obtain higher need satisfaction from the enacted affordances. In essence, this paper contributes with a deeper understanding about the motivation-psychological processes and variations underlying fitness tracking technology use which guides practice in the development of effective interventions.read more
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