长期使用AI虚拟伴侣应用程序对用户的依恋情绪的影响:对中国用户的案例研究
Ting Liu1, Ting-Yun Lo1, Kuo-Hsun Wen2
1School of Design, Fujian University of Technology, Fuzhou, China.
Frontiers in psychology
|January 28, 2026
概括
人工智能虚拟伴侣可以促进情感依恋,积极影响用户的心理健康和社会参与. 自我概念的清晰度是将这种依恋转化为现实世界的互动的关键.
科学领域:
- 人与计算机的交互
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 算法伙伴关系正在增长,但其对用户心理状态和社会行为的影响尚未完全理解.
- 在像中国这样快速数字化的社会中,了解人与人工智能的联系至关重要,人工智能伴侣应用程序的采用率很高.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究对AI虚拟伴侣的情感依恋的动态.
- 检查这种依恋如何影响用户的心理状态 (孤独感,主观幸福感,自我概念清晰度) 和现实世界的社会参与.
- 在中国的背景下,将依恋理论应用于人类与人工智能之间的关系.
主要方法:
- 混合方法方法结合了系统文献综述,半结构面试和中国大陆的横截面调查 (N=612).
- 结构方程建模 (SEM) 分析了使用频率,情感依恋,心理状态和社会参与之间的关联.
- 确认因素分析 (CFA) 评估了心理测量特性和可靠性.
主要成果:
- 更高的使用频率与对AI伴侣更大的情感依恋相关 (β = 0.44).
- 情感依恋与孤独负相关 (β = -0.32),与主观幸福感 (β = 0.41) 和自我概念清晰度 (β = 0.51) 有正相关.
- 心理路径 (孤独感,幸福感,自我概念的清晰度) 调解了与现实世界的社会参与的联系,自我概念的清晰度是最重要的.
结论:
- 附件理论为理解人类-人工智能关系提供了一个框架.
- 自我概念的清晰度是对AI伴侣的情感依恋和现实世界的社会参与之间的关键调解者.
- 设计师应该专注于连续性,记忆和自我表达,以促进AI伴侣使用的积极心理和社会结果.
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