Promotion of physical activity among people who identify as women through the ParticipACTION mobile app.

IF 2.4 3区心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Psychology & Health Pub Date : 2025-05-01 Epub Date: 2023-10-23 DOI:10.1080/08870446.2023.2269422

Rachel Dunn, Katherine A Tamminen, Jeemin Kim, Leigh M Vanderloo

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Abstract

Objective: Health and fitness mobile applications can increase users' physical activity (PA) levels (Lister et al., 2014). ParticipACTION is a national non-profit organization that developed a mobile app to target PA among adults (Truelove et al., 2020). The aim of this research was to examine how women's PA is related to their use of the ParticipACTION app.

Methods and measurement: Using a mixed-methods design, participants (n = 3,493) completed a survey regarding their PA levels, motivation for PA (capability, opportunity, motivation; COM-B, Keyworth et al., 2020), and motivation for using the ParticipACTION app. Nine focus groups were conducted (n = 37) to discuss the mobile app further.

Results: Path analyses revealed that users' app use was positively associated with motivations for various app functions (e.g. self-monitoring, seeking exercise guidance), however, only motivation in-turn predicted PA. Descriptive results indicated that many women in Canada who used the app do not meet national guidelines for PA per week. Qualitative findings highlight women's motivation for using the app, concerns with app functionality, and feelings of guilt for not engaging in PA.

Conclusion: The ParticipACTION app may have some benefit for improving women's PA; intervention studies are needed to determine efficacy of mobile applications.

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通过ParticipACTION移动应用程序促进女性的体育活动。

目标：健康和健身移动应用程序可以提高用户的身体活动（PA）水平（Lister等人，2014）。ParticipACTION是一个全国性非营利组织，开发了一款针对成年人PA的移动应用程序（Truelove等人，2020）。这项研究的目的是研究女性的PA与她们使用ParticipACTION应用程序的关系。方法和测量：采用混合方法设计，参与者（n = 3493）完成了一项关于他们的PA水平、PA动机（能力、机会、动机；COM-B，Keyworth等人，2020）和使用ParticipACTION应用程序的动机的调查。进行了9个焦点小组（n = 37）进一步讨论移动应用程序。结果：路径分析显示，用户的应用程序使用与各种应用程序功能的动机（如自我监控、寻求锻炼指导）呈正相关，然而，只有动机才能预测PA。描述性结果表明，加拿大许多使用该应用程序的女性每周不符合PA的国家指南。定性研究结果突出了女性使用该应用程序的动机、对应用程序功能的担忧以及对不参与PA的内疚感。结论：ParticipACTION应用程序可能对改善女性PA有一定好处；需要进行干预研究来确定移动应用程序的功效。

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Psychology & Health Multiple-

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7.30

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期刊介绍： Psychology & Health promotes the study and application of psychological approaches to health and illness. The contents include work on psychological aspects of physical illness, treatment processes and recovery; psychosocial factors in the aetiology of physical illnesses; health attitudes and behaviour, including prevention; the individual-health care system interface particularly communication and psychologically-based interventions. The journal publishes original research, and accepts not only papers describing rigorous empirical work, including meta-analyses, but also those outlining new psychological approaches and interventions in health-related fields.