@article{ref1,
title="Effects of body image on college students' attitudes toward diet/fitness apps on smartphones",
journal="Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking",
year="2015",
author="Cho, Jaehee and Lee, H. Erin and Kim, Sun Jin and Park, Dongjin",
volume="18",
number="1",
pages="41-45",
abstract="Considering the increasing use of diet/fitness apps, this study aimed to investigate how four factors related to body image--evaluations of and orientations toward both appearance and fitness--impact college students' perception of the usefulness of such apps. Based on the Technology Acceptance Model, this study tested a path model examining the relationships among the four body-image-oriented factors, perceived usefulness (PU) of diet/fitness apps, and behavioral intention to use such apps. <br><br>RESULTS from a path analysis revealed that while college students' evaluation of appearance and fitness decreased the PU of diet/fitness apps, their orientation toward fitness increased the same outcome variable.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2152-2715",
doi="10.1089/cyber.2014.0383",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/cyber.2014.0383"
}