Motivators and motivations to persist with online psychological interventions: A qualitative study of treatment completers

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Donkin, Liesje ^a   Glozier, Nick ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adherence; Barriers; EHealth; Motivation; Online interventions; Persistence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROL; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; ONLINE SYSTEM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AWARENESS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MOTIVATION; ONLINE SYSTEMS;

EID: 84864265703     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.2100     Document Type: Conference Paper

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