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To uncover how cognitive appraisals and motivational orientations influence health app use and outcomes in emerging adults.

What Shapes Health App Use and Its Outcomes in Emerging Adults? The Cognitive Appraisals and Motivational Orientation Model

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To uncover how cognitive appraisals and motivational orientations influence health app use and outcomes in emerging adults.
Conducted go-along interviews with 20 emerging adults aged 21-31.
Utilized the cognitive appraisals and motivational orientation model (CAMO).
Combined theories from the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT2) and self-determination theory (SDT).
Identified psychological mechanisms that affect health app use decisions.
Found that health apps can promote healthy behaviors and cause problematic engagement.
Proposed a model that combines technology acceptance and psychological motivation for health app usage.

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Go-along interviews explore how cognitive and motivational factors affect health app use, suggesting future research routes.

Vanherle et al. (2026) studied this question.

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