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by Taylor CotterStudentAdvisor.com Staff
When I was looking for a way to procrastinate studying for a test or writing a paper, you could always find me playing bubble blaster, Tetris or Snood. These games served as just a small (or big) distraction from finishing up a bibliography or reading the end of a chapter. Little did I know - they could have been psychological method of stress management!
Billinda Tebbenhoff, nursing student at Johns Hopkins University, realized that apps can be used for stress management and decided to investigate further. She designed an experiment that tested apps' effectiveness on the stress management of her fellow nursing students. Read more...