Reciprocal reinforcement between wearable activity trackers and social network services in influencing physical activity behaviors

JMIR mHealth and uHealth

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Chang, Rebecca Cherng Shiow ^a   Lu, Hsi Peng ^a   Yang, Peishan ^b   Luarn, Pin ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Behavior change techniques; Physical activity; Social network services; Social support; Wearable activity trackers; Wearables

Indexed keywords

EID: 85034426268     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22915222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/mhealth.5637     Document Type: Article

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