Does exergaming drive future physical activity and sport intentions?

Pooya Soltani; Pedro Figueiredo; João Paulo Vilas-Boas

doi:10.1177/1359105320909866

Does exergaming drive future physical activity and sport intentions?

Pooya Soltani
, Pedro Figueiredo
, João Paulo Vilas-Boas

Department of Computer Science

Portuguese Football Federation
University Institute of Maia
Universidade do Porto
Aix-Marseille University
Assistive Technologies Innovation Centre (ATiC), University of Wales Trinity Saint David, UK
Shiraz University

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Abstract

We studied how usability and playability of sport exergames affect future intentions of participation in physical activity or actual sport. We employed questionnaires to measure participants’ enjoyment, usability, game-experience, and future intentions of physical activity and real sport. We compared the outcomes based on players’ gender, previous real-swimming, and exergame experience. Psychological parameters were not different between groups but players without exergame experience enjoyed the game more. Physical activity intentions increased for all participants but not swimming intentions. The limitations of current gaming systems and their effects on players’ gaming experience and intentions are discussed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2173-2185
Journal	Journal of Health Psychology
Volume	26
Issue number	12
Early online date	29 Feb 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105320909866
Publication status	Published - 1 Oct 2021

Funding

The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: P.S. received funding from Collège de France.

Keywords

enjoyment
exercise
game experience
intention
system usability

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Applied Psychology

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Soltani, Pooya ; Figueiredo, Pedro ; Vilas-Boas, João Paulo. / Does exergaming drive future physical activity and sport intentions?. In: Journal of Health Psychology. 2020. (C) SAGE Publications, 2020. Reproduced by permission of SAGE Publications.
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