Improving Body Satisfaction Through Fitness App Use: Explicating the Role of Social Comparison, Social Network Size, and Gender.
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DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2022.2054099
Abstract: Body dissatisfaction is prevalent worldwide, fueling the highly lucrative diet and plastic surgery industry, with many adverse outcomes. Yet, limited attention has been dedicated to noninvasive interventions that effectively enhance body satisfaction. We argue that,… read more here.
Keywords: social comparison; body; fitness app; comparison ... See more keywords
Factors Influencing Fitness App Users’ Behavior in China
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DOI: 10.1080/10447318.2021.1921483
Abstract: This study aimed to develop and test a model to explain factors that affect continuous behavior while using fitness apps via expectation-confirmation theory (ECT), Technology Acceptance Model (TAM)... read more here.
Keywords: behavior china; influencing fitness; app users; fitness app ... See more keywords
Fitness app for resident wellness during COVID‐19
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DOI: 10.1111/medu.14755
Abstract: ‘polypharmacy’, ‘loneliness’, ‘autonomy’, to ‘healthy ageing’, were discussed. The workshop offered a unique space within MBBS curriculum for students to reflect upon their prior exposure to topics of ageing in the medical school. For instance,… read more here.
Keywords: wellness covid; ideology; app resident; resident wellness ... See more keywords
Uncovering the Heterogeneity in Fitness App Use: A Latent Class Analysis of Chinese Users
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DOI: 10.3390/ijerph191710679
Abstract: This study examines fitness app use patterns and their correlates among Chinese users from the perspectives of uses and gratification theory and self-determination theory. Our sample comprised 632 users of WeRun, the fitness plugin of… read more here.
Keywords: app use; class; fitness app;