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The influence of a socially assistive robot on mood, anxiety, and arousal in children.
Professional Psychology: Research and Practice ( IF 1.850 ) Pub Date : 2018-02-01 , DOI: 10.1037/pro0000177
Molly K. Crossman , Alan E. Kazdin , Elizabeth R. Kitt

Socially assistive robots (SARs) represent a promising resource for efforts to improve children’s mental health and alleviate suffering on a large scale. However, the effects of SARs on clinically relevant domains are not yet well established. Our goal was therefore to provide a proof-of-concept demonstration of the capacity for SARs to alleviate clinically relevant symptoms in children. Such a demonstration might then serve as the foundation for efforts to establish the role of SARs in mental health care. We examined the influence of interactions with an SAR on mood, anxiety, and arousal in a sample of 87 children between the ages of 6 and 9, following exposure to a stressful task. Participants completed the Trier Social Stress Test for Children before interacting with the SAR, interacting with the SAR turned off, or waiting quietly. Participants completed baseline and posttest measures of state anxiety and mood, and salivary cortisol was collected at 5 time points. Children who interacted with the robot showed greater increases in positive mood than children in either of the two control conditions, but did not differ from control participants in terms of negative mood, anxiety, or arousal. SARs may convey benefits for children’s mental health by augmenting positive mood. Future research should examine the processes through which SARs promote positive emotions and the circumstances under which that effect is most potent. Although preliminary, these findings suggest that SARs may provide a highly efficient way to alleviate clinical symptoms in children by increasing positive mood.

中文翻译:

社交辅助机器人对儿童情绪、焦虑和唤醒的影响。

社会辅助机器人 (SAR) 是改善儿童心理健康和大规模减轻痛苦的一种很有前途的资源。然而,SARs 对临床相关领域的影响尚未完全确定。因此,我们的目标是提供 SAR 缓解儿童临床相关症状能力的概念验证演示。这样的示范可以作为努力建立 SAR 在精神卫生保健中的作用的基础。我们研究了 87 名 6 至 9 岁儿童在接受压力任务后与 SAR 互动对情绪、焦虑和唤醒的影响。参与者在与 SAR 交互、与 SAR 关闭交互或安静等待之前完成了针对儿童的特里尔社会压力测试。参与者完成了状态焦虑和情绪的基线和后测测量,并在 5 个时间点收集了唾液皮质醇。与机器人互动的儿童在两种控制条件中的任何一种情况下都表现出比儿童更多的积极情绪增加,但在消极情绪、焦虑或唤醒方面与对照组参与者没有区别。SAR 可以通过增强积极情绪来为儿童的心理健康带来好处。未来的研究应该检查 SAR 促进积极情绪的过程以及这种影响最有效的情况。虽然是初步的,但这些发现表明 SAR 可能提供一种高效的方法,通过增加积极情绪来缓解儿童的临床症状。并在 5 个时间点收集唾液皮质醇。与机器人互动的儿童在两种控制条件中的任何一种情况下都表现出比儿童更多的积极情绪增加,但在消极情绪、焦虑或唤醒方面与对照组参与者没有区别。SAR 可以通过增强积极情绪来为儿童的心理健康带来好处。未来的研究应该检查 SAR 促进积极情绪的过程以及这种影响最有效的情况。虽然是初步的,但这些发现表明 SAR 可能提供一种高效的方法,通过增加积极情绪来缓解儿童的临床症状。并在 5 个时间点收集唾液皮质醇。与机器人互动的儿童在两种控制条件中的任何一种情况下都表现出比儿童更多的积极情绪增加,但在消极情绪、焦虑或唤醒方面与对照组参与者没有区别。SAR 可以通过增强积极情绪来为儿童的心理健康带来好处。未来的研究应该检查 SAR 促进积极情绪的过程以及这种影响最有效的情况。虽然是初步的,但这些发现表明 SAR 可能提供一种高效的方法,通过增加积极情绪来缓解儿童的临床症状。但在消极情绪、焦虑或唤醒方面与对照参与者没有区别。SAR 可以通过增强积极情绪来为儿童的心理健康带来好处。未来的研究应该检查 SAR 促进积极情绪的过程以及这种影响最有效的情况。虽然是初步的,但这些发现表明 SAR 可能提供一种高效的方法,通过增加积极情绪来缓解儿童的临床症状。但在消极情绪、焦虑或唤醒方面与对照参与者没有区别。SAR 可以通过增强积极情绪来为儿童的心理健康带来好处。未来的研究应该检查 SAR 促进积极情绪的过程以及这种影响最有效的情况。虽然是初步的,但这些发现表明 SAR 可能提供一种高效的方法,通过增加积极情绪来缓解儿童的临床症状。
更新日期:2018-02-01
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