Toward Health Exercise Behavior Change for Teams Using Lifelog Sharing Models

Area of Science:

• Human-Computer Interaction
• Behavioral Science
• Sports Science

Background:

• Mobile/wearable devices and sensors facilitate daily lifelog data collection.
• Research interest is shifting towards team behavior change using lifelogging.
• Lifelog sharing models are being explored for exercise promotion.

Purpose of the Study:

• To propose and evaluate six lifelog sharing models for team exercise promotion.
• To investigate the impact of competition and collaboration on team exercise behavior.
• To determine the most effective lifelog sharing model for different team types.

Main Methods:

• Development of an experimental mobile web application for exercise promotion.
• Conducting a three-week user study with 64 participants.
• Evaluation of six distinct lifelog sharing models incorporating competition and collaboration.

Main Results:

• The study identified varying effectiveness of different lifelog sharing models.
• Models incorporating 'competition' showed significant positive impact on exercise promotion.
• Competitive models were particularly effective for performance-oriented teams, such as sports teams.

Conclusions:

• Lifelog sharing models, especially those leveraging competition, can effectively promote team exercise.
• The choice of sharing model should be tailored to the team's competitive nature.
• Future research can explore hybrid models combining competition and collaboration for broader applicability.