TY - GEN
T1 - Motivation to Use Fitness Application for Improving Physical Activity Among Hispanic Users
T2 - 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2023
AU - Molina, Maria D.
AU - Zhan, Emily S.
AU - Agnihotri, Devanshi
AU - Abdullah, Saeed
AU - Deka, Pallav
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 ACM.
PY - 2023/4/19
Y1 - 2023/4/19
N2 - Is the current state of fitness applications effective at motivating and satisfying the needs of Hispanic users? With most mHealth research conducted with a predominantly white population, the answer to this question is lacking. In this study, we address this question through a survey study with Hispanic users of fitness applications (N= 211) and use the Motivational Technology Model (MTM) and Self-Determination Theory (SDT) as theoretical frameworks. We found that using interactivity features is essential to inspire more autonomous forms of motivation to use fitness applications. This is because interactivity helps satisfy users' needs for relatedness. However, interactivity also decreased autonomy and competence suggesting the need to design fitness applications that increase relatedness without compromising autonomy. Implications for the design of fitness applications for the population at large and Hispanics, in particular, are discussed.
AB - Is the current state of fitness applications effective at motivating and satisfying the needs of Hispanic users? With most mHealth research conducted with a predominantly white population, the answer to this question is lacking. In this study, we address this question through a survey study with Hispanic users of fitness applications (N= 211) and use the Motivational Technology Model (MTM) and Self-Determination Theory (SDT) as theoretical frameworks. We found that using interactivity features is essential to inspire more autonomous forms of motivation to use fitness applications. This is because interactivity helps satisfy users' needs for relatedness. However, interactivity also decreased autonomy and competence suggesting the need to design fitness applications that increase relatedness without compromising autonomy. Implications for the design of fitness applications for the population at large and Hispanics, in particular, are discussed.
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U2 - 10.1145/3544548.3581200
DO - 10.1145/3544548.3581200
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85160004657
T3 - Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings
BT - CHI 2023 - Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
PB - Association for Computing Machinery
Y2 - 23 April 2023 through 28 April 2023
ER -