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The General Motion of a Rigid Body,nagement by providing educational and motivational support (Hunt, 2015). “As patients become more technologically savvy, devices become more available, and new technologies emerge, the variety of technological self-management strategies increases” (p. 226).

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Remarks on Nonlinearity and Chaos,g that “use” is inherently understandable. According to Wirth, von Pape, and Karnowski (2008), “numerous [mobile communication] studies have taken up the tradition of quantitative adoption research in explaining the adoption of new mobile technologies” (p. 594), and based on the Diffusion of Innovation Paradigm (Rogers, 2003).

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Jens Martin Knudsen,Poul Georg Hjorth(2013), and Deng (2013) use the term “determinants” in the context of mHealth adoption, others speak of “antecedents” of technology adoption and use (Agarwal & Prasad, 1998; M.-C. Hu, 2012; Odoom, Anning-Dorson, & Acheampong, 2017; Venkatesh & Davis, 1996; Venkatesh et al., 2003), to refer to similar types of influencing variables.

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Research Questions and Hypotheses,tional antecedents of technology use, main focus of mHealth research on empowerment as an outcome of mHealth use and lacking inclusion of psychological and behavioral dimensions). The main research gap that is addressed and that derives from the theoretical suggestions relates to the general lack of understanding of diabetes app use processes.

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,Study 2 – Interviews on App Use for Diabetes Self-Management and the Relevance of Empowerment,on and usage processes (Chapter 4.2.3) as well as empowerment as a potential anteceding factor from this perspective (Chapter 7.3), Study 2 followed a qualitative research approach as a first step, before adding quantitative research in Study 3.