为大学生提供生成型人工智能驱动的心理健康聊天机器人心理健康:公开试验
Jazmin A Reyes-Portillo1, Amy So1, Kelsey McAlister2
1Montclair State University, 1 Normal Ave, Montclair, NJ, 07043-1624, United States, 1 9736557945.
JMIR formative research
|July 29, 2025
概括
这项研究发现,人工智能聊天机器人Wayhaven有效地减少了大学生的抑郁,焦虑和绝望. 学生们表示满意和愿意推这个数字心理健康工具.
科学领域:
- 数字心理健康干预数字心理健康干预
- 医疗保健中的人工智能
- 学生健康计划 学生健康计划
背景情况:
- 大学越来越多地采用数字心理健康解决方案来满足学生的需求.
- 由人工智能驱动的聊天机器人提供类似人类的对话,以支持心理健康.
- 聊天机器人显示出缓解抑郁和焦虑症状的潜力.
研究的目的:
- 评估人工智能聊天机器人Wayhaven对大学生的可行性和可接受性.
- 评估Wayhaven对焦虑,抑郁,绝望,主动性和自我效能的初步有效性.
- 调查学生心理健康的新型数字工具.
主要方法:
- 招募了50名具有高度抑郁/焦虑症状的多元化的大学生.
- 学生们使用了Wayhaven聊天机器人一周.
- 进行了干预前,干预后和一周后续的评估.
主要成果:
- 使用Wayhaven显著减少了抑郁,焦虑和绝望.
- 在代理和自我效能方面观察到显著的增加.
- 学生们报告了高度满意和愿意推Wayhaven.
结论:
- 韦哈文展示了作为一个可行的和可接受的心理健康资源的潜力.
- 人工智能聊天机器人可以有效地支持各种各样的大学生遇到心理健康挑战.
- 像Wayhaven这样的数字干预对于在高等教育中扩大心理健康准入至关重要.
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