Intrinsic motivations in health and fitness app engagement: A mediation model of entertainment DOI Creative Commons
Thuy Dung Pham Thi, Nam Tien Duong

Digital Health, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 11

Published: Feb. 1, 2025

Objective This study aims to investigate the intrinsic motivations driving continued usage of health and fitness apps, addressing a gap in literature where user motivation has received limited attention. The focuses on role entertainment as mediator between continuance intention, using Uses Gratifications Theory conceptual framework. Methods Data were collected through an online survey 2869 app users Vietnam. Intrinsic categorized into challenge, curiosity, fantasy, social interaction. Hypotheses tested SEM, subgroup analyses conducted examine variations across demographic groups. Results findings reveal that mediates relationship with challenge curiosity being strongest predictors sustained usage. Challenge also demonstrated direct effect independent entertainment. Demographic analysis indicated males are primarily motivated by while females higher-income driven more curiosity. Conclusion highlights importance shaping engagement apps. Practical implications include need for developers design features align motivations, such gamified challenges, personalized content, interactive elements. Future research should explore extrinsic validate framework other digital platforms expand its applicability.

Language: Английский

Digital Technology's Promotion of College Sports: The Impact of Online Fitness on College Students' Behavioral Intentions DOI Creative Commons
Mingming Li, Zhiqiang Zhao

Frontiers in Sustainable Development, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 5(1), P. 58 - 64

Published: Jan. 21, 2025

Digital technology has significantly transformed the way university students participate in physical activities. In particular, rise of fitness applications provided with more convenient and diverse ways to engage exercise. Fitness are not only essential tools for promoting online activities but also play a critical role shaping users' behavioral intentions exercise habits. However, existing research on how digital influences students' toward activity through remains insufficient. Based this, present study focuses among students, an emphasis analyzing key factors that influence context fitness. These include perceived ease use, usefulness, interactivity, internal relationships these variables intentions. The findings indicate enhances acceptance behaviors promotes their long-term participation This highlights significant theoretical practical implications provides valuable recommendations educators sports managers advance age.

Language: Английский

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Giving or Receiving: Impact of Online Socializing in Online Fitness Community on Physical Activity and Emotional State DOI
Liuan Wang,

Y. Ma,

Zhijun Yan

et al.

Computers in Human Behavior, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 108669 - 108669

Published: April 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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User portrait analysis on Chinese diabetes online health platforms: an information processing perspective DOI
Yang Zhang, Yunyun Gao,

Tingting Wu

et al.

Online Information Review, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: April 14, 2025

Purpose The objective of this research is to investigate the characteristics information interaction among users largest online health platform for diabetes in China from an processing viewpoint, determine stages and reveal variations requirements behavioral patterns across different user groups at various levels, ultimately creating a segmentation labeling system enhance portrait. Design/methodology/approach This study adopts deep learning BILSTM-CNN classification model identify characteristics, then classify into three groups. LDA topic employed analyze needs these Findings utilizes combined model, showcasing enhanced effectiveness classifying degree comments. Our also increases accuracy stability compared conventional models, achieving F1 score 95.0% (F1 Score: CNN 92%, LSTM 94%, BILSTM 94%). Based on results, were grouped showed differences needs, behavior natural attributes. Originality/value Taking as entry point, deeply mined data China’s platform, identifying present comments categorizing reflecting varying depths processing. multi-dimensional analysis, we innovatively constructed refined system, finally depicted complete not only enriches theoretical framework cognitive portrait but contributes personalized recommendations platforms diabetes. Peer review peer history article available at: https://publons.com/publon/10.1108/OIR-11-2024-0728 .

Language: Английский

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Intrinsic motivations in health and fitness app engagement: A mediation model of entertainment DOI Creative Commons
Thuy Dung Pham Thi, Nam Tien Duong

Digital Health, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 11

Published: Feb. 1, 2025

Objective This study aims to investigate the intrinsic motivations driving continued usage of health and fitness apps, addressing a gap in literature where user motivation has received limited attention. The focuses on role entertainment as mediator between continuance intention, using Uses Gratifications Theory conceptual framework. Methods Data were collected through an online survey 2869 app users Vietnam. Intrinsic categorized into challenge, curiosity, fantasy, social interaction. Hypotheses tested SEM, subgroup analyses conducted examine variations across demographic groups. Results findings reveal that mediates relationship with challenge curiosity being strongest predictors sustained usage. Challenge also demonstrated direct effect independent entertainment. Demographic analysis indicated males are primarily motivated by while females higher-income driven more curiosity. Conclusion highlights importance shaping engagement apps. Practical implications include need for developers design features align motivations, such gamified challenges, personalized content, interactive elements. Future research should explore extrinsic validate framework other digital platforms expand its applicability.

Language: Английский

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