How do stress management and personal characteristics improve the quality of life?

Abstract

This paper investigates stress management and related health issues with smartphones, especially possible relationships among stress, well-being, and intention to purchase health-related apps. Using 98 valid questionnaire and GBN (General Bayesian Network), we analyzed survey data to extract meaningful lessons. First, people suffering from stress show high intention to purchase health-related mobile apps. Second, GBN is very effective in inducing rich interpretations from the experiments results. © 2012 Springer-Verlag.