Journal article
Practical considerations in the design and development of smartphone apps for behavior change
Journal of contextual behavioral science, Vol.3(4), pp.269-272
10/2014
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/108391
PMCID: PMC4254717
PMID: 25485231
Abstract
The fast adoption of smartphone applications (apps) by behavioral scientists pose a new host of opportunities as well as knowledge and interdisciplinary challenges. Therefore, this brief report will discuss the lessons we have learned during the development and testing of smartphone apps for behavior change, and provide the reader with guidance and recommendations about this design and development process. We hope that the guidance and perspectives presented in this brief report will empower behavioral scientists to test the efficacy of smartphone apps for behavior change, further advance the contextual behavioral etiology of behavioral disorders and help move the field towards personalized behavior change technologies.
•Emerging collaborations between behavioral scientists and technologists has no precedent.•These interdisciplinary collaborations pose new opportunities and challenges.•We discuss practical considerations in interdisciplinary app design and development.
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- Title
- Practical considerations in the design and development of smartphone apps for behavior change
- Creators
- Walter R Roth - Inward Inc., Silicon Valley, United StatesRoger Vilardaga - University of Washington, United StatesNathanael Wolfe - Inward Inc., Silicon Valley, United StatesJonathan B Bricker - University of Washington, United StatesMichael G McDonell - University of Washington, United States
- Publication Details
- Journal of contextual behavioral science, Vol.3(4), pp.269-272
- Publisher
- Elsevier Inc
- Grant note
- K99DA037276; R01CA166646; R01AA020248 / National Institutes of Health (http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100000002)
- Identifiers
- 99900547023501842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article