WASHINGTON: Researchers have developed a smartphone app paired with sensors to detect stress in parents and offer advice to help them cope in real time.

Computer scientists at Microsoft Research and the University of California, San Diego have developed the system that delivers research-based strategies to help decrease stress in parents during emotionally charged interactions with their children.

The system, called ParentGuardian, was initially tested on a small group of parents of children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).

The system is the first to detect stress and present interventions in real-time.

It combines a sensor worn on the wrist with a smartphone and tablet, and a server to analyse data from the sensor.

The interventions are based on Parenting Behavioural Therapy, which has been shown to be effective in addressing the needs of children with ADHD and their parents.

The therapy teaches parents the skills they need to work on and has been shown to have long-term effects for both parent and child.

It has been shown to improve self-control and self-awareness in children and reduce parental stress.
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