The relationship between goal difficulty and performance in the context of a physical activity intervention program

MobileHCI 2008 - Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 415-418

  Lacroix, Joyca ^a   Saini, Privender ^a   Holmes, Roger ^a  

^a PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Behavioral change; Goal setting; Mobile persuasion; Physical activity intervention; Timely feedback

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL CHANGE; GOAL SETTING; MOBILE PERSUASION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY INTERVENTION; TIMELY FEEDBACK;

COMPUTERS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MOBILE COMPUTING; MOBILE DEVICES; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 65449141756     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1409240.1409302     Document Type: Conference Paper

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