TY - GEN
T1 - The importance of behavior theory in control system modeling of physical activity sensor data
AU - Riley, William T.
AU - Martin, Cesar A.
AU - Rivera, Daniel
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 IEEE.
PY - 2014/11/2
Y1 - 2014/11/2
N2 - Among health behaviors, physical activity has the most extensive record of research using passive sensors. Control systems and other system dynamic approaches have long been considered applicable for understanding human behavior, but only recently has the technology provided the precise and intensive longitudinal data required for these analytic approaches. Although sensors provide intensive data on the patterns and variations of physical activity over time, the influences of these variations are often unmeasured. Health behavior theories provide an explanatory framework of the putative mediators of physical activity changes. Incorporating the intensive longitudinal measurement of these theoretical constructs is critical to improving the fit of control system model of physical activity and for advancing behavioral theory. Theory-based control models also provide guidance on the nature of the controllers which serve as the basis for just-in-time adaptive interventions based on these control system models.
AB - Among health behaviors, physical activity has the most extensive record of research using passive sensors. Control systems and other system dynamic approaches have long been considered applicable for understanding human behavior, but only recently has the technology provided the precise and intensive longitudinal data required for these analytic approaches. Although sensors provide intensive data on the patterns and variations of physical activity over time, the influences of these variations are often unmeasured. Health behavior theories provide an explanatory framework of the putative mediators of physical activity changes. Incorporating the intensive longitudinal measurement of these theoretical constructs is critical to improving the fit of control system model of physical activity and for advancing behavioral theory. Theory-based control models also provide guidance on the nature of the controllers which serve as the basis for just-in-time adaptive interventions based on these control system models.
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U2 - 10.1109/EMBC.2014.6945209
DO - 10.1109/EMBC.2014.6945209
M3 - Conference contribution
C2 - 25571577
AN - SCOPUS:84929494043
T3 - 2014 36th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2014
SP - 6880
EP - 6883
BT - 2014 36th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2014
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2014 36th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2014
Y2 - 26 August 2014 through 30 August 2014
ER -