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Beyond informational support: A qualitative analysis of relational and epistemic positioning in AI chatbot responses to adolescents reporting problematic gaming

2026-07-16

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<title>Abstract</title> <p>Adolescents increasingly use AI chatbots for mental health-related self-education and emotional support. This study qualitatively examined how AI chatbots responded to adolescent users seeking guidance on gaming-related difficulties, focusing on anthropomorphism, relational boundaries, role transparency, and referral to human support. Six prompts representing varying levels of gaming-re...

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Literature Corpus work: bad246d3-9fe2-53e1-892a-e854a8ad84f8
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-9779557/v1

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