Effect of Wearable Activity Tracker Social Behaviors on Physical Activity and Exercise Self-Efficacy: Real-World Pilot Study
Amanda Bireline, Derek J Hevel, Paul G Davis · 2026
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Bireline, Hevel, and Davis present a pilot study from twenty twenty-six on social features of activity trackers. Trackers lift step counts, but effects on harder activity are murkier. Adults in the New York area wear their own devices for eight weeks. Half are assigned to use social sharing features; half are not. Over one hundred twenty participants enter the analysis. Weekly activity and exercise confidence are tracked at three points. No gap appears between social users and non-users on either measure.
Activity rises over time for everyone in the study. Within the social group, gains vary by which feature dominates. Confidence does not shift by feature choice. The authors urge tighter controls in follow-up trials.
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| CREATOR | Amanda Bireline, Derek J Hevel, Paul G Davis |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 44 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |