A Robotic Companion for Psychological Well-being: A Long-term Investigation of Companionship and Therapeutic Alliance.

IF 0.4 3区历史学 Q1 HISTORY Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era Pub Date : 2023-03-01 Epub Date: 2023-03-13 DOI:10.1145/3568162.3578625

Sooyeon Jeong, Laura Aymerich-Franch, Sharifa Alghowinem, Rosalind W Picard, Cynthia L Breazeal, Hae Won Park

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Social support plays a crucial role in managing and enhancing one's mental health and well-being. In order to explore the role of a robot's companion-like behavior on its therapeutic interventions, we conducted an eight-week-long deployment study with seventy participants to compare the impact of (1) a control robot with only assistant-like skills, (2) a coach-like robot with additional instructive positive psychology interventions, and (3) a companion-like robot that delivered the same interventions in a peer-like and supportive manner. The companion-like robot was shown to be the most effective in building a positive therapeutic alliance with people, enhancing participants' well-being and readiness for change. Our work offers valuable insights into how companion AI agents could further enhance the efficacy of the mental health interventions by strengthening their therapeutic alliance with people for long-term mental health support.

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促进心理健康的机器人伴侣：对陪伴和治疗联盟的长期研究。

社会支持在管理和提高个人心理健康和幸福感方面发挥着至关重要的作用。为了探索机器人的同伴行为对其治疗干预的作用，我们对七十名参与者进行了为期八周的部署研究，比较了（1）仅具备助手技能的对照机器人、（2）具备额外积极心理学干预指导的教练型机器人和（3）以同伴和支持方式提供相同干预的同伴型机器人的影响。研究表明，陪伴型机器人在与人建立积极的治疗联盟、提高参与者的幸福感和改变意愿方面最为有效。我们的研究为人工智能陪伴型机器人如何通过加强与人们的治疗联盟进一步提高心理健康干预的效果提供了宝贵的见解，从而为人们提供长期的心理健康支持。

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