ArticleFrontiers in psychology2024
Attachment to robots and therapeutic efficiency in mental health.
Article in Frontiers in psychology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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- Exploring Emotional Attachment to Socially Assistive Robots: A Qualitative Study Among Older Adults.Nursing & health sciences · 2026Article
- Charting the Development of Robot-Assisted Social-Emotional Learning: Mapping Its Intellectual Foundations, Thematic Foci, and Evolution.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Human-AI attachment: how humans develop intimate relationships with AI.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Transforming dementia caregiver support with AI-powered social robotics.Frontiers in robotics and AI · 2025Article
- Perceptions of the Furhat social robot administering a mental health assessment: a pilot mixed-method exploration.Frontiers in robotics and AI · 2025Article
- Case report: A five-case series of 18-month home use of a conversational companion robot for psychological support in older people with mild cognitive impairment or late-onset psychosis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
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Abstract
Previous studies in the mental health context have demonstrated that interactions with social robots can improve the mood and cognitive capacities of their users, and enhance their quality of life. In this Perspective article, our goal is to systematize the possible roles of social robots and to point out that different roles require different levels of attachment. We argue that the attachment between the client and the (robot) therapist is a fundamental ingredient of any helping relationship and that the full potential of using social robots in mental health settings can only be realized if the strength of attachment is appropriately correlated with the type of relationship established.
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