Social connection
4 studies. 1 is a trial or meta-analysis.
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- L2How AI and Human Behaviors Shape Psychosocial Effects of Extended Chatbot Use: A Longitudinal Randomized Controlled Study“Individuals' characteristics, such as higher trust and social attraction towards the AI chatbot, are associated with higher emotional dependence and problematic use. These findings raise deeper questions about how…”arXiv (preprint), 2025 · n = 981 · preprint
- L4Interaction with AI companions and psychological well-being“For self-reported companionship usage, this association was stronger when interactions were intensive (β = -0.31; 95% CI, (-0.56, -0.06)) and highly disclosive (β = -0.38; 95% CI, (-0.63, -0.14)). These results…”Nature human behaviour, 2026 · n = 1,131
- L4Impact of media dependence: how emotional interactions between users and chat robots affect human socialization?“Media dependence significantly positively regulates emotional interactions between humans and chatbots. In addition, the social interactions of human users are partially influenced by factors such as user nature, age,…”Frontiers in psychology, 2024 · n = 428
- MapHuman-like conversational agents as social partners: a scoping review of socioaffective mechanisms, well-being outcomes, risks and governance in the post-Turing era“DISCUSSION: We propose an integrative pathway linking model capabilities and product design cues to relational outcomes and outline a companion-specific relational safety stack as a synthesis-based evaluation agenda…”Frontiers in artificial intelligence, 2026