Lin LiUniversity of California, Irvine | UCI · Department of Informatics
Lin Li
Doctor of Philosophy
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Introduction
I am a postdoctoral scholar in the Department of Informatics at UC Irvine. I completed my Ph.D. in the Department of Media and Information at Michigan State University. My research interests are the health implications of new media technologies, such as fitness trackers and social media, especially mental health impacts. I am interested in identifying the psychosocial mechanisms underlying new media use’s effects.
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Publications (10)
Social networking sites (SNSs) are becoming an increasingly important communication tool for international students. Research suggests that it could facilitate the acculturation process. However, the mechanisms through which such facilitation take place are still under-investigated. This study examined the role of perceived social support from home...
Background
Wearable activity trackers offer the opportunity to increase physical activity through continuous monitoring. Viewing tracker use as a beneficial health behavior, we explored the factors that facilitate and hinder long-term activity tracker use, applying the transtheoretical model of behavior change with the focus on the maintenance stag...
Background:
Wearable activity trackers (WATs) have the potential to improve older adults' health; yet, many adopters of WATs are not able to use them on a long-term basis.
Methods:
A survey was conducted with an online panel of adults 65 and older (N = 214) to explore factors associated with long-term use of WATs, including initial adoption moti...
Health information technology (health IT) has the potential to facilitate the self-regulation of fruit and vegetable intake (FVI) and physical activity (PA). This study explores whether using health IT for self-regulation mediates the relationship between sociodemographic factors and health behaviors including FVI and PA among U.S. adults. Bayesian...
Wearable activity trackers (WATs) can be powerful tools in monitoring and in improving older adults' health. The aim of this study is to understand older adults' reasons for use, continued use, and discontinued use of WATs, and to identify the differences between short-term and long-term users to guide the design for sustained use of WATs among old...
BACKGROUND
Wearable activity trackers (WATs) are popular devices used to motivate behavior change. WATs are especially beneficial to encourage light physical activity, such as walking, which is an ideal behavior for older adults or individuals who cannot be physically active at moderate and vigorous levels. A common problem is that people do not co...
Background
Wearable activity trackers are popular devices used to motivate behavior change. Wearable activity trackers are especially beneficial for encouraging light physical activity such as walking, which is an ideal behavior for older adults or individuals who cannot be physically active at moderate and vigorous levels. A common problem is that...
BACKGROUND
Wearable activity trackers offer the opportunity to increase physical activity through continuous monitoring. Viewing tracker use as a beneficial health behavior, we explored the factors that facilitate and hinder long-term activity tracker use, applying the transtheoretical model of behavior change with the focus on the maintenance stag...
