Patients’ emotional bonding with MHealth apps: An attachment perspective on patients’ use of MHealth applications

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Highlights：

• Emotional bonding captures patients’ psychological state of using mHealth apps.

• Users’ three basic needs satisfaction through using mHealth apps characterize the symbolic meaning of mHealth app use.

• Emotional bonding mediates impact of autonomy and relatedness needs satisfaction on patients’ well-being.

• Autonomy need satisfaction corresponds with the influence of competence need satisfaction on patients’ well-being.

• Autonomy need satisfaction opposes the influence of relatedness need satisfaction on patients’ well-being.

摘要

•Emotional bonding captures patients’ psychological state of using mHealth apps.•Users’ three basic needs satisfaction through using mHealth apps characterize the symbolic meaning of mHealth app use.•Emotional bonding mediates impact of autonomy and relatedness needs satisfaction on patients’ well-being.•Autonomy need satisfaction corresponds with the influence of competence need satisfaction on patients’ well-being.•Autonomy need satisfaction opposes the influence of relatedness need satisfaction on patients’ well-being.

论文关键词：mHealth app use,Emotional bonding,Attachment theory,Basic needs satisfaction,Patients’ well-being,Intrinsic motivation

论文评审过程：Received 18 March 2019, Revised 9 December 2019, Accepted 9 December 2019, Available online 30 December 2019, Version of Record 24 February 2020.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2019.102054