Wellbeing in the Making: Peoples' Experiences with Wearable Activity Trackers.
Evangelos KarapanosRúben GouveiaMarc HassenzahlJodi ForlizziPublished in: Psychology of well-being (2016)
The study highlights that activity trackers can be more than "tools" to change behavior. Through incorporation in daily life, they offer new social experiences, new ways of boosting our self-esteem and getting closer to our ideal selves.