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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.
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Baek, Y., Lee, K.C., Chae, S.W. (2012). How Do Stress Management and Personal Characteristics Improve the Quality of Life?. In: Kim, Th., Kang, JJ., Grosky, W.I., Arslan, T., Pissinou, N. (eds) Computer Applications for Bio-technology, Multimedia, and Ubiquitous City. BSBT MulGraB IUrC 2012 2012 2012. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 353. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35521-9_57
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