ReviewFrontiers in public health2022
A Systematic and Comparative Review of Behavior Change Strategies in Stress Management Apps: Opportunities for Improvement.
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- Multimodal Personalized Mobile Health Just-in-Time Adaptive Intervention for Occupational Stress Management: Pilot Study.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2026Trial
- Effects of an eHealth Cardiac Exercise Rehabilitation Platform for Patients After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Based on the Persuasive Systems Design Model: Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Trial
- A lightweight St-CNN architecture based on deep learning for stress level detection from human physical activities.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Facilitators of and Barriers to Teachers' Engagement With Consumer Technologies for Stress Management: Qualitative Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Article
- Precision Prevention through Social Media: Report of Four Cases.Yearbook of medical informatics · 2024Article
- The Effects of a Complex Interactive Multimodal Intervention on Personalized Stress Management Among Health Care Workers in China: Nonrandomized Controlled Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Article
- Association of Digital Engagement With Relaxation Tools and Stress Level Reduction: Retrospective Cohort Study.JMIR formative research · 2024Article
- Assessing the Effectiveness of STAPP@Work, a Self-Management Mobile App, in Reducing Work Stress and Preventing Burnout: Single-Case Experimental Design Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Article
- Effectiveness of the mobile Stress Autism Mate Junior application in reducing stress and improving quality of life in adolescents with autism: a pilot study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- High School Teachers' Experiences of Consumer Technologies for Stress Management During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Qualitative Study.JMIR formative research · 2023Article
- Stress Management Apps: Systematic Search and Multidimensional Assessment of Quality and Characteristics.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2023Review
- Exploring female students' perceptions of the use of digital technologies in managing academic stress.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Persuasive Design Techniques and App Design Recommendations to Improve Health Workforce Capability in Rural Health Professionals: What Do Users Want and How Does an App Help?JMIR human factors · 2022Article
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Abstract
Stress is one of the significant triggers of several physiological and psychological illnesses. Mobile health apps have been used to deliver various stress management interventions and coping strategies over the years. However, little work exists on persuasive strategies employed in stress management apps to promote behavior change. To address this gap, we review 150 stress management apps on both Google Play and Apple's App Store in three stages. First, we deconstruct and compare the persuasive/behavior change strategies operationalized in the apps using the Persuasive Systems Design (PSD) framework and Cialdini's Principles of Persuasion. Our results show that the most frequently employed strategies are
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