'It's like a personal motivator that you carried around wi' you': utilising self-determination theory to understand men's experiences of using pedometers to increase physical activity in a weight management programme.

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Self-monitoring using pedometers is an effective behaviour change technique to support increased physical activity (PA). However, the ways in which pedometers operate as motivational tools in adoption and maintenance of PA is not well understood. This paper investigates men's experiences of pedometers as motivational tools both during and after their participation in a 12-week group-based, weight management programme for overweight/obese men, Football Fans in Training (FFIT).

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act

Title: The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity

Publisher: Springer Nature

ISSN (Electronic): 1479-5868

ISSN (Print): 1479-5868

Publication date (Electronic): May 05 2017

Volume: 14

Issue: 1

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[1 ] MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, Institute of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, 200 Renfield Street, Glasgow, G2 3QB, UK. Craig.Donnachie@glasgow.ac.uk.

[2 ] School of Social and Political Sciences, Institute of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, 25-29 Bute Gardens, Glasgow, G12 8RS, UK.

[3 ] Moray House School of Education, Institute for Sport, Physical Education and Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, 2.27 St Leonard's Land, Edinburgh, EH8 8AQ, UK.

[4 ] MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, Institute of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, 200 Renfield Street, Glasgow, G2 3QB, UK.

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Publisher Item ID: 10.1186/s12966-017-0505-z

DOI: 10.1186/s12966-017-0505-z

PMC ID: 5420087

PubMed ID: 28476118

SO-VID: e991e9b9-958e-435f-995b-e6edc1080b5e

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Keywords: Behaviour change,Feedback,Lifestyle intervention,Men’s health,Obesity,Qualitative methods,Self-monitoring

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Keywords: Behaviour change, Feedback, Lifestyle intervention, Men’s health, Obesity, Qualitative methods, Self-monitoring

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