TY  - BOOK
AU  - Adekunle,Lawal Sadiq
TI  - PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF SMARTWATCHES AS MOTICATION FOR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND HEALTHY LIVING
PY  - 2023///
KW  - Exercise
KW  - Dissertations, Academic
KW  - Smartwatches
N1  - Thesis (MA) - Cyprus International University. Institute of Graduate Studies and Research Communication and Media Studies; Includes bibliography (sheets 43-51)
N2  - ABSTRACT
Smart watches have become one of the most popular wearable devices that are 
increasingly undergoing empirical research. Over the years, the focus of research has 
moved from unveiling the determinants of smart watch adoption to understanding the 
factors responsible for their usage. Smart watches have become an essential tool for 
health monitoring, physical activity tracking, personal fitness and general health, 
hence the need for further research on their adoption and usage especially among the 
youth. This work, therefore, seeks to investigate the Psychological Effects of 
Smartwatches as a Motivational factor for physical activity and healthy living. This is 
to be accomplished by carrying out a case study of individual students at Cyprus 
International University, questionnaires were distributed to students and 190 were 
active users of smart watch. The Research results showed that people who used smart 
watches were more likely to want to be more active and take care of their health. For 
future studies, it is suggested that a cross cultural study be carried out, of which the 
data will be of useful for researchers in the field of wearable fitness technology, 
helping them improve their knowledge of smart watch acceptance and use for physical 
activity monitoring and healthy living.
Keywords: Smart watch, perceived usefulness, physical activity motivation, perceived 
health increase, behavioural intention to use
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