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Design Requirements for Technologies that Encourage Physical Activity
- Proceedings of the Conference on Human Factors and Computing Systems: CHI ’06
, 2006
"... Overweight and obesity are a global epidemic, with over one billion overweight adults worldwide (300+ million of whom are obese). Obesity is linked to several serious health problems and medical conditions. Medical experts agree that physical activity is critical to maintaining fitness, reducing wei ..."
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Overweight and obesity are a global epidemic, with over one billion overweight adults worldwide (300+ million of whom are obese). Obesity is linked to several serious health problems and medical conditions. Medical experts agree that physical activity is critical to maintaining fitness, reducing weight, and improving health, yet many people have difficulty increasing and maintaining physical activity in everyday life. Clinical studies have shown that health benefits can occur from simply increasing the number of steps one takes each day and that social support can motivate people to stay active. In this paper, we describe Houston, a prototype mobile phone application for encouraging activity by sharing step count with friends. We also present four design requirements for technologies that encourage physical activity that we derived from a threeweek long in situ pilot study that was conducted with women who wanted to increase their physical activity. Author Keywords design requirements, fitness, physical activity, pedometer,
Theory-driven design strategies for technologies that support behavior change in everyday life
- CHI '09: Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
, 2009
"... In this paper, we propose design strategies for persuasive technologies that help people who want to change their everyday behaviors. Our strategies use theory and prior work to substantially extend a set of existing design goals. Our extensions specifically account for social characteristics and ot ..."
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In this paper, we propose design strategies for persuasive technologies that help people who want to change their everyday behaviors. Our strategies use theory and prior work to substantially extend a set of existing design goals. Our extensions specifically account for social characteristics and other tactics that should be supported by persuasive technologies that target long-term discretionary use throughout everyday life. We used these strategies to design and build a system that encourages people to lead a physically active lifestyle. Results from two field studies of the system—a three-week trial and a three-month experiment—have shown that the system was successful at helping people maintain a more physically active lifestyle and validate the usefulness of the strategies.
Theory of Correspondences
, 1984
"... Contribution of the PhoP/Q regulon to survival and ..."
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Contribution of the PhoP/Q regulon to survival and
The efficacy of motivational interviewing: a meta-analysis of controlled clinical trials
- Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
, 2003
"... A meta-analysis was conducted on controlled clinical trials investigating adaptations of motivational interviewing (AMIs), a promising approach to treating problem behaviors. AMIs were equivalent to other active treatments and yielded moderate effects (from.25 to.57) compared with no treatment and/o ..."
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A meta-analysis was conducted on controlled clinical trials investigating adaptations of motivational interviewing (AMIs), a promising approach to treating problem behaviors. AMIs were equivalent to other active treatments and yielded moderate effects (from.25 to.57) compared with no treatment and/or placebo for problems involving alcohol, drugs, and diet and exercise. Results did not support the efficacy of AMIs for smoking or HIV-risk behaviors. AMIs showed clinical impact, with 51 % improvement rates, a 56 % reduction in client drinking, and moderate effect sizes on social impact measures (d 0.47). Potential moderators (comparative dose, AMI format, and problem area) were identified using both homogeneity analyses and exploratory multiple regression. Results are compared with other review results and suggestions for future research are offered. Motivational interviewing is a relatively new and promising therapeutic approach that integrates the relationship-building prin-ciples of humanistic therapy (Rogers, 1951) with more active cognitive–behavioral strategies targeted to the client’s stage of change (Prochaska, DiClemente, & Norcross, 1992). It has been defined as a client-centered yet directive method for enhancing
Understanding Desistance from Crime
- Crime in the Making: Pathways and Turning Points through Life
, 1993
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A new look at habits and the habit–goal interface
- Psychological Review
, 2007
"... The present model outlines the mechanisms underlying habitual control of responding and the ways in which habits interface with goals. Habits emerge from the gradual learning of associations between responses and the features of performance contexts that have historically covaried with them (e.g., p ..."
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The present model outlines the mechanisms underlying habitual control of responding and the ways in which habits interface with goals. Habits emerge from the gradual learning of associations between responses and the features of performance contexts that have historically covaried with them (e.g., physical settings, preceding actions). Once a habit is formed, perception of contexts triggers the associated response without a mediating goal. Nonetheless, habits interface with goals. Constraining this interface, habit associations accrue slowly and do not shift appreciably with current goal states or infrequent counterhabitual responses. Given these constraints, goals can (a) direct habits by motivating repetition that leads to habit formation and by promoting exposure to cues that trigger habits, (b) be inferred from habits, and (c) interact with habits in ways that preserve the learned habit associations. Finally, the authors outline the implications of the model for habit change, especially for the selfregulation of habit cuing.
Review of integrated mental health and substance abuse treatment for patients with dual disorders
- Schizophrenia Bulletin
, 1998
"... Patients with severe mental disorders such as schizo-phrenia and co-occurring substance use disorders tra-ditionally received treatments for their two disorders from two different sets of clinicians in parallel treat-ment systems. Dissatisfaction with this clinical tradi-tion led to the development ..."
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Patients with severe mental disorders such as schizo-phrenia and co-occurring substance use disorders tra-ditionally received treatments for their two disorders from two different sets of clinicians in parallel treat-ment systems. Dissatisfaction with this clinical tradi-tion led to the development of integrated treatment models in which the same clinicians or teams of clini-cians provide substance abuse treatment and mental health treatment in a coordinated fashion. We reviewed 36 research studies on the effectiveness of integrated treatment for dually diagnosed patients. Studies of adding dual-disorders groups to traditional services, studies of intensive integrated treatments in controlled settings, and studies of demonstration proj-ects have thus far yielded disappointing results. On the other hand, 10 recent studies of comprehensive, inte-grated outpatient treatment programs provide encour-aging evidence of the programs ' potential to engage dually diagnosed patients in services and to help them reduce substance abuse and attain remission. Outcomes related to hospital use, psychiatric symp-toms, and other domains are less consistent Several program features appear to be associated with effec-tiveness: assertive outreach, case management, and a longitudinal, stage-wise, motivational approach to sub-stance abuse treatment. Given the magnitude and severity of the problem of dual disorders, more con-trolled research on integrated treatment is needed.
Health communications on the Internet: an effective channel for health behavior change?
- J. Health Commun.
, 1998
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Distributed Leadership and
- School Improvement’, Educational Management Administration & Leadership 32(1
, 2004
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1 Psychology and Global Climate Change: Addressing a Multi-faceted Phenomenon and Set of Challenges A Report by the American Psychological Association’s Task Force on the Interface Between Psychology and Global Climate Change Members
"... Addressing climate change: Psychology’s contribution ..."
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Addressing climate change: Psychology’s contribution
