SmartCoping - A Mobile Solution for Stress Recognition and Prevention

Abstract

The paper describes the development of a mobile solution based on smartphones and sensors for the early recognition of stress. The solution is based on real-time capture and analysis of vital data such as heart rate variability as well as activity and contextual data such as location and time of day. Individual recognition patterns for stress are derived from combining vital and contextual data by using subjective stress assessments via mood maps as additional input during an initial learning phase. The reliability of stress alerts and therapeutic impact will be tested in a clinic specialised on the treatment of alcoholics since stress tends to cause craving and therefore trigger relapses.

Digital Technologies for Emotion-Regulation Assessment and Intervention: A Conceptual Review

“…Apps currently in development hint at the potential for advancement in this area. There is, for example, some preliminary work on app development involving individual-level HRV in which the app is calibrated to the individual's stress levels during a learning phase to determine thresholds for stress alerts and accompanying biofeedback (Maier et al, 2014;Reimer et al, 2020). Another recent study reflects the early potential of mobile EDA devices for monitoring and teaching emotion-regulation strategies in realworld environments.…”