“Thumb Exercise”: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of Psychosocial Factors Encouraging Inactive Adults to Engage with Their Smartphones Rather than Physical Activity
Background: Physical inactivity accounts for up to 1.6 million deaths each year. With UK adults spending approximately eleven times longer using their smartphones than exercising, research suggests that frequent smartphone use is linked to poor physical fitness. Previous research on the psychosocial...
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| Language: | English |
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Ubiquity Press
2020-04-01
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| Series: | Physical Activity and Health |
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| Online Access: | https://paahjournal.com/articles/50 |