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SilverCycling: Evaluating Persuasive Strategies to Promote Physical Activity among Older Adults

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Maximilian Altmeyer,

Seyedmostafa Hosseini,

Antonio KruegerAuthors Info & Claims

DIS '18 Companion: Proceedings of the 2018 ACM Conference Companion Publication on Designing Interactive Systems

Pages 45 - 50

https://doi.org/10.1145/3197391.3205410

Published: 30 May 2018 Publication History

Abstract

We present "SilverCycling", a system consisting of an augmented portable bike and a persuasive see-through mirror aimed at encouraging older adults to be physically active. We evaluated the perceived persuasiveness of seven commonly used persuasive strategies (N=9) within SilverCycling in order to elicit the most relevant ones for a field test in future work. We found that social strategies are preferred over non-social ones and that strategies using extrinsic motivators like virtual rewards should be avoided.

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SilverCycling: Evaluating Persuasive Strategies to Promote Physical Activity among Older Adults
1. Human-centered computing

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DIS '18 Companion: Proceedings of the 2018 ACM Conference Companion Publication on Designing Interactive Systems

May 2018

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ISBN:9781450356312

DOI:10.1145/3197391

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University of Twente
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Stockholm University
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The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
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Simon Fraser University

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Ndulue COrji R(2024)The Impact of Persuasive Framing on the Perceived Effectiveness of a Game for Behaviour ChangeInternational Journal of Human–Computer Interaction10.1080/10447318.2024.2355390(1-15)Online publication date: 28-May-2024
https://doi.org/10.1080/10447318.2024.2355390
Oyebode OOrji R(2022)Persuasive strategy implementation choices and their effectiveness: towards personalised persuasive systemsBehaviour & Information Technology10.1080/0144929X.2022.211261242:13(2176-2209)Online publication date: 24-Aug-2022
https://doi.org/10.1080/0144929X.2022.2112612
Oyebode OAlqahtani FOrji R(2022)Exploring for Possible Effect of Persuasive Strategy Implementation Choices: Towards Tailoring Persuasive TechnologiesPersuasive Technology10.1007/978-3-030-98438-0_12(145-163)Online publication date: 21-Mar-2022
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-98438-0_12
Aldenaini NAlqahtani FOrji RSampalli S(2020)Trends in Persuasive Technologies for Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior: A Systematic ReviewFrontiers in Artificial Intelligence10.3389/frai.2020.000073Online publication date: 28-Apr-2020
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