Youth on Character.AI use chatbots for emotional restoration, creative exploration, and identity transformation, yielding a new three-intent framework and seven-archetype taxonomy from Discord discourse analysis.
InProceedings of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
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An experiment found LLM counterarguments improved group flexibility and satisfaction while AI mediation boosted minority participation but lowered psychological safety.
A 15-day study of a voice journaling app with structured reflection prompts based on psychological models found improvements in coping flexibility and more action plans in the guided condition.
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Restoration, Exploration and Transformation: How Youth Engage Character.AI Chatbots for Feels, Fun and Finding themselves
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AI-authored goals produce higher SMART quality scores but lower psychological ownership, commitment, importance, and goal-directed behavior than self-authored goals, with ownership as the mediating mechanism.
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Chaplains' Reflections on the Design and Usage of AI for Conversational Care
Chaplains view AI chatbots as unable to provide attuned pastoral care for non-clinical emotional needs, based on themes of listening, connecting, carrying, and wanting.
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Investigating LLM-Powered Dissenting Minority Support in Power-Imbalanced Group Decision-Making: Counterargument and Mediation as Intervention Strategies
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A 15-day study of a voice journaling app with structured reflection prompts based on psychological models found improvements in coping flexibility and more action plans in the guided condition.