Stress Management Apps With Regard to Emotion-Focused Coping and Behavior Change Techniques: A Content Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Chronic stress has been shown to be associated with disease. This link is not only direct but also indirect through harmful health behavior such as smoking or changing eating habits. The recent mHealth trend offers a new and promising approach to support the adoption and maintenance of appropriate stress management techniques. However, only few studies have dealt with the inclusion of evidence-based content within stress management apps for mobile phones.

Objective

The aim of this study was to evaluate stress management apps on the basis of a new taxonomy of effective emotion-focused stress management techniques and an established taxonomy of behavior change techniques.

Methods

Two trained and independent raters evaluated 62 free apps found in Google Play w

SUBMITTER: Christmann CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5344985 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature