Smart Sport Watch Usage: The Dominant Role of Technology Readiness over Exercise Motivation and Sensation Seeking
The study examines the link between technology readiness/acceptance, motivation for exercising, and sensation seeking and using or avoiding Smart Sport Watches (SSW). A sample of 315 adolescents, <i>Mage</i> = 29.6 (SD = 11.01) and healthy male (<i>n</i> = 95, 30.2%) and fema...
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| description | The study examines the link between technology readiness/acceptance, motivation for exercising, and sensation seeking and using or avoiding Smart Sport Watches (SSW). A sample of 315 adolescents, <i>Mage</i> = 29.6 (SD = 11.01) and healthy male (<i>n</i> = 95, 30.2%) and female (<i>n</i> = 179, 56.85%), completed all the measures of these variables’ dimensions via the internet. Multiple followed by univariate analyses of variance (MANOVA, ANOVA) were performed for each of the study’s psychological dimensions and single variables. The two categorical factors (e.g., BS factors) were the use of SSW (yes/no) and walk/run (yes/no). Results revealed that adolescents using SSW rated themselves significantly (<i>p</i> < 0.05) and substantially higher than their non-SSW users on positive readiness for technology (<i>d</i> = 0.47), and specifically on optimism (<i>d</i> = 0.34) and innovation (<i>d</i> = 0.51). Moreover, users of SSW reported significantly (<i>p</i> < 0.05) and substantially lower negative readiness for technology than their non-SSW users’ counterparts (<i>d</i> = −0.49), and specifically on discomfort (<i>d</i> = −0.38) and distrust (<i>d</i> = −50), but neither on the overall motivation for exercise dimensions nor on sensation-seeking. Moreover, adolescents who walk/run reported being more internally motivated (<i>d</i> = 0.38), integrated (<i>d</i> = 0.61), and identified (<i>d</i> = 0.34) than their sedentary counterparts. Discussion centers on the important role of readiness/acceptance in using technological devices and the need to use technology-specific motivation and personality measures to further explore this phenomenon. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-1f3e28aab32b4962b2f8c988121afb832025-01-24T13:50:47ZengMDPI AGTechnologies2227-70802025-01-011312410.3390/technologies13010024Smart Sport Watch Usage: The Dominant Role of Technology Readiness over Exercise Motivation and Sensation SeekingGershon Tenenbaum0Tomer Ben-Zion1Yair Amichai-Hamburger2Yair Galily3Assaf Lev4School of Psychology, Reichman University, Herzliya 4610101, IsraelSchool of Psychology, Reichman University, Herzliya 4610101, IsraelSchool of Psychology, Reichman University, Herzliya 4610101, IsraelSchool of Psychology, Reichman University, Herzliya 4610101, IsraelDepartment of Sports Therapy, Ono Academic College, Kiryat Ono 5545173, IsraelThe study examines the link between technology readiness/acceptance, motivation for exercising, and sensation seeking and using or avoiding Smart Sport Watches (SSW). A sample of 315 adolescents, <i>Mage</i> = 29.6 (SD = 11.01) and healthy male (<i>n</i> = 95, 30.2%) and female (<i>n</i> = 179, 56.85%), completed all the measures of these variables’ dimensions via the internet. Multiple followed by univariate analyses of variance (MANOVA, ANOVA) were performed for each of the study’s psychological dimensions and single variables. The two categorical factors (e.g., BS factors) were the use of SSW (yes/no) and walk/run (yes/no). Results revealed that adolescents using SSW rated themselves significantly (<i>p</i> < 0.05) and substantially higher than their non-SSW users on positive readiness for technology (<i>d</i> = 0.47), and specifically on optimism (<i>d</i> = 0.34) and innovation (<i>d</i> = 0.51). Moreover, users of SSW reported significantly (<i>p</i> < 0.05) and substantially lower negative readiness for technology than their non-SSW users’ counterparts (<i>d</i> = −0.49), and specifically on discomfort (<i>d</i> = −0.38) and distrust (<i>d</i> = −50), but neither on the overall motivation for exercise dimensions nor on sensation-seeking. Moreover, adolescents who walk/run reported being more internally motivated (<i>d</i> = 0.38), integrated (<i>d</i> = 0.61), and identified (<i>d</i> = 0.34) than their sedentary counterparts. Discussion centers on the important role of readiness/acceptance in using technological devices and the need to use technology-specific motivation and personality measures to further explore this phenomenon.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7080/13/1/24digitalwatchesacceptancereadinessmotivationexercise |
| spellingShingle | Gershon Tenenbaum Tomer Ben-Zion Yair Amichai-Hamburger Yair Galily Assaf Lev Smart Sport Watch Usage: The Dominant Role of Technology Readiness over Exercise Motivation and Sensation Seeking Technologies digital watches acceptance readiness motivation exercise |
| title | Smart Sport Watch Usage: The Dominant Role of Technology Readiness over Exercise Motivation and Sensation Seeking |
| title_full | Smart Sport Watch Usage: The Dominant Role of Technology Readiness over Exercise Motivation and Sensation Seeking |
| title_fullStr | Smart Sport Watch Usage: The Dominant Role of Technology Readiness over Exercise Motivation and Sensation Seeking |
| title_full_unstemmed | Smart Sport Watch Usage: The Dominant Role of Technology Readiness over Exercise Motivation and Sensation Seeking |
| title_short | Smart Sport Watch Usage: The Dominant Role of Technology Readiness over Exercise Motivation and Sensation Seeking |
| title_sort | smart sport watch usage the dominant role of technology readiness over exercise motivation and sensation seeking |
| topic | digital watches acceptance readiness motivation exercise |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7080/13/1/24 |
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