Abstract

Modern life cannot be lived without stress. Untreated stress can have a negative impact on a person's health, well-being, and socioeconomic status. The market for stress management applications for wearable smart devices is expanding. Biofeedback and wearable smart devices have received less attention for individual, real-world stress reduction interventions. We first identified stress levels by employing our unobtrusive automatic stress detection system for consumer-grade smart bands. Our system uses contextual information about physical activity to suggest the best relaxation technique when a high stress level is detected. Traditional methods may be useful in free contexts, where physical activity is lower and mobile relaxation methods may be more appropriate

Keywords: Commercial smartwatch, Mental stress, Psychophysiological, Emotion regulation, Heart rate variability, Electrodermal activity