1. Dear participant,



The purpose of this research project is to investigate persuasive features in smartphone applications that promote sustainable behavior. You will be asked to watch a video that shows functionality of an app (approximately 2.5 minutes), and fill out a survey (approximately 5-7 minutes).



This is a study conducted by Nataliya Shevchuk as a part of PhD research supervised by Harri Oinas-Kukkonen (OASIS Research Unit, ITEE, University of Oulu).Your responses will be confidential and we do not collect identifying information such as your name, email address or IP address.



Your participation in this research study is voluntary. You may choose not to participate. If you decide to participate in this research survey, you may withdraw at any time. If you decide not to participate in this study or if you withdraw from participating at any time, you will not be penalized. Your information is kept confidential and all data is stored in a password protected electronic format. To help protect your confidentiality, the surveys will not contain information that will personally identify you. The results of this study will be used for scholarly purposes only. Should you have further questions about the research, please feel free to contact nataliya.shevchuk(at)oulu.fi.



If you wish to participate in the research study, please accept participation by checking the "agree" box.



Thank you for your time and input! *