Efficient and Effective Change Principles in Active Videogames

Games for Health Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 43-52

  Straker, Leon M ^a   Fenner, Ashley A ^a   Howie, Erin K ^a   Feltz, Deborah L ^b   Gray, Cindy M ^c   Lu, Amy Shirong ^d   Mueller, Florian Floyd ^e   Simons, Monique ^f,g,h   Barnett, Lisa M ⁱ  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^g VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^h TNO   (Netherlands)

ⁱ DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR CONTROL; COMPUTER INTERFACE; EXERCISE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MOTIVATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SOFTWARE DESIGN; VIDEO GAME;

BEHAVIOR CONTROL; EXERCISE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MARKETING OF HEALTH SERVICES; MOTIVATION; MOTOR SKILLS; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SOFTWARE DESIGN; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 84992695417     PISSN: 2161783X     EISSN: 21617856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/g4h.2014.0077     Document Type: Conference Paper

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