Opening the black box of fitness tracking: Understanding the mechanisms of feedback in motivating physical activity among older Singaporeans

• Main Authors: LIN, Sapphire H., LING, Rich, ROSENTHAL, Sonny
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2024
• Subjects: behaviour change; fitness trackers; Mobile health; personalised feedback; real-time feedback; wearables; Asian Studies; Social and Behavioral Sciences
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cis_research/191; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/cis_research/article/1190/viewcontent/Opening_the_black_box_of_fitness_tracking__understanding_the_mechanisms_of_feedback_in_motivating_physical_activity_among_older_Singaporeans.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This paper examines how older adults interact with fitness trackers and how that interaction influences their physical activity. We carried out qualitative interviews with 22 individuals between the ages of 55 and 72 who had used fitness trackers as part of a six-week field experiment investigating...