AIMC Topic: Social Support

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Effect of having and switching multiple avatars on the operator's right to talk and receive social support.

PloS one
People with communication difficulties encounter several challenges in their daily online interactions, such as a limited right to talk (RoT), insufficient social support (SS), and a low sense of being attended to (SoBA). Computer-mediated technologi...

Acceptance of social assistant robots for the older adults living in the community in China.

Geriatric nursing (New York, N.Y.)
BACKGROUND: Social assistant robots (SARs) are an important part of providing high quality health and social care for older people, and are an effective measure to promote the development of smart aging. Therefore, it is important to understand the f...

Influence of artificial intelligence in education on adolescents' social adaptability: The mediatory role of social support.

PloS one
Artificial intelligence (AI) is widely used in the field of education at present, but people know little about its possible impacts, especially on the physical and mental development of the educated. It is important to explore the possible impacts of...

Socially assistive robots in health and social care: Acceptance and cultural factors. Results from an exploratory international online survey.

Japan journal of nursing science : JJNS
AIM: This study explored the views of an international sample of registered nurses and midwives working in health and social care concerning socially assistive robots (SARs), and the relationship between dimensions of culture and rejection of the ide...

Association between loneliness and acceptance of using robots and pets as companions among older Chinese immigrants during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Australasian journal on ageing
OBJECTIVES: To examine loneliness experienced by middle-aged and older Chinese immigrants and its association with accepting technology as a companion (apps, Internet and robots) versus owning pets, when social distancing measures were implemented in...

Robots in Eldercare: How Does a Real-World Interaction with the Machine Influence the Perceptions of Older People?

Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
(1) Background: Using autonomous social robots in selected areas of care for community-dwelling older adults is one of the promising approaches to address the problem of the widening care gap. We posed the question of whether a possibility to interac...

Evaluating comforting messages with the sentiment analysis and social cognition engine.

Applied psychology. Health and well-being
The current study extended the literature on social support by examining the differences in the word content of supportive messages using a free online linguistic tool called sentiment analysis and social cognition engine (SEANCE) across multiple lev...

A qualitative exploration of care homes workers' views and training needs in relation to the use of socially assistive humanoid robots in their workplace.

International journal of older people nursing
AIM: The study aimed to explore the views and attitudes of care home workers about the socially assistive robot that was trialled in their workplace, in order to identify training needs in relation to the hypothetical future use of these robots in th...

The Perceptions of People with Dementia and Key Stakeholders Regarding the Use and Impact of the Social Robot MARIO.

International journal of environmental research and public health
People with dementia often experience loneliness and social isolation. This can result in increased cognitive decline which, in turn, has a negative impact on quality of life. This paper explores the use of the social robot, MARIO, with older people ...