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Design and Formative Evaluation of Mobile Apps (753) Mobile Health in Psychiatry (483) Web-based and Mobile Health Interventions (3675) Digital Mental Health Interventions, e-Mental Health and Cyberpsychology (1835) mHealth for Wellness, Behavior Change and Prevention (3119) Chatbots and Conversational Agents (644) Generative Language Models Including ChatGPT (521)

Published on in Vol 12 (2024)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/54945, first published .
A Chatbot-Delivered Stress Management Coaching for Students (MISHA App): Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

A Chatbot-Delivered Stress Management Coaching for Students (MISHA App): Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

A Chatbot-Delivered Stress Management Coaching for Students (MISHA App): Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

Authors of this article:

Sandra Ulrich1 Author Orcid Image ;   Natascha Lienhard1 Author Orcid Image ;   Hansjörg Künzli1 Author Orcid Image ;   Tobias Kowatsch2, 3, 4 Author Orcid Image
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  1. Sîrbu V, David O. Efficacy of app-based mobile health interventions for stress management: A systematic review and meta-analysis of self-reported, physiological, and neuroendocrine stress-related outcomes. Clinical Psychology Review 2024;114:102515 View
  2. Yang Q, Cheung K, Zhang Y, Zhang Y, Qin J, Xie Y. Conversational agents in physical and psychological symptom management: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials. International Journal of Nursing Studies 2025;163:104991 View
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  5. Park M, Fels S, Seo K. Enhancing academic stress assessment through self-disclosure chatbots: effects on engagement, accuracy, and self-reflection. International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education 2025;22(1) View
  6. Brill E, Vinay R, Nißen M, Joshi P, Klöppel S, Kowatsch T. Towards a smartphone-based and conversational agent delivered just-in-time adaptive holistic lifestyle intervention for seniors affected by cognitive decline: Two-week proof-of-concept study (Preprint). JMIR Formative Research 2024 View
  7. Anser M, Nabi A, Ahmad I, Abro M, Zaman K. Advancing Mental Health Care: A Comprehensive Review of Digital Tools and Technologies for Enhancing Diagnosis, Treatment, and Wellness. Health Care Science 2025 View
  8. Nißen M, Harperink S, Joshi P, Bischof A, Schachner T, Lukic Y, Schneider F, Santhanam P, v. Wangenheim F, Ollier J, Kowatsch T. Leveraging Influencers to Reach and Engage Vulnerable Individuals: A Quasi-Experimental Field Study with a Digital Health Intervention (Preprint). Journal of Medical Internet Research 2025 View

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  1. Pande A, Rani A, Nachenahalli Bhuthegowda B, Mishra D. Human-Computer Interaction. View

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  1. Jin S, Kim B, Han K. Proceedings of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. "I Don't Know Why I Should Use This App": Holistic Analysis on User Engagement Challenges in Mobile Mental Health View