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Various applications related to mental health continue to appear and constantly innovative psychological applications or the use of traditional relaxation methods combined with technology have become new choices in people’s busy lives. In recent years, the rate of adolescents suffering from mental illnesses such as depression and suicide has been increasing. Adolescents in this age group do not have good stress management skills. This research paper is to design and develop a suitable decompression application with a combination of the diary as expressive writing and music. The objective of the paper was to study and explore the impact of expressive writing and music on stress. Then determine suitable music and color for the application with the use of the quantitative method. Design and develop the application which meets the objective and aim and evaluate the application based on users’ experiences.
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Liong, D.L., Chit, S.M., Thong, C.L. (2022). TimeAlone - The Stress Relieving Android App that Combines Diary and Music. In: Salvendy, G., Wei, J. (eds) Design, Operation and Evaluation of Mobile Communications. HCII 2022. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 13337. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-05014-5_5
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