Kinesiology 1070A/B Study Guide - Final Guide: Gift Card, Meta-Analysis, Indirect Approach

• School: Western University
• Department: Kinesiology
• Course: Kinesiology 1070A/B
• Professor: Andrew Rollo

Document Summary

4 novel ways to increase pa explained throughout ppt. Temptation bundling simultaneously targets two different behaviours and helping with two different types of self control problems; by harnessing consumption complementarities (wanted to see if temptation bundling could increase pa in university students and staff) Rct, 3 groups (full treatment: given ipod but could only listen at gym, intermediate treatment: given audiobook on personal ipod, control: given a gift card for audiobook (no correlation between two behaviours)) No significant differences pre-experiment, proves results are likely accurate. 61% willing to pay 1 dollar or more for the temptation of the ipod; as price increases willingness decreases. Financial incentives to increase pa among overweight adults. Financial incentives to increase pa has not been well examined (most effective way); tested effectiveness of 3 methods to frame financial incentives to increase pa among overweight adults. Intervention used via iphone or android app, chose whether they wanted to be notified by email, text or both.