Published on in Vol 8, No 1 (2020): January

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/12884, first published .
Engaging Users in the Behavior Change Process With Digitalized Motivational Interviewing and Gamification: Development and Feasibility Testing of the Precious App

Engaging Users in the Behavior Change Process With Digitalized Motivational Interviewing and Gamification: Development and Feasibility Testing of the Precious App

Engaging Users in the Behavior Change Process With Digitalized Motivational Interviewing and Gamification: Development and Feasibility Testing of the Precious App

Johanna Nurmi   1, 2 , MSocSc ;   Keegan Knittle   1 , PhD ;   Todor Ginchev   3 , MS ;   Fida Khattak   3 , MS ;   Christopher Helf   4 , MSc ;   Patrick Zwickl   5 , PhD ;   Carmina Castellano-Tejedor   6, 7 , PhD ;   Pilar Lusilla-Palacios   8, 9 , PhD ;   Jose Costa-Requena   3 , PhD ;   Niklas Ravaja   10 , PhD ;   Ari Haukkala   1, 11 , PhD

1 Discipline of Social Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

2 Behavioural Science Group, Primary Care Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

3 Communications and Networking Department, School of Electrical Engineering, Aalto University, Espoo, Finland

4 Department of Entertainment Computing, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

5 Center For Digital Safety And Security, Austrian Institute of Technology, Vienna, Austria

6 Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Vall d’Hebron, Vall d’Hebron Institute of Research, Barcelona, Spain

7 Department of Basic Psychology, Grup de Recerca en Estrès i Salut, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain

8 Servicio de Psiquiatría, Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron, Departament de Psiquiatria i Medicina Legal, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

9 Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Vall d’Hebron Institut de Recerca, Barcelona, Spain

10 Department of Psychology and Logopedics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

11 Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

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  • Johanna Nurmi, MSocSc
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