Role of Socially Assistive Robots in Reducing Anxiety and Preserving Autonomy in Children

被引：2

作者：

Fang, Ning ^{[1
]}

Zhang, Chao ^{[1
]}

Sankaran, Supraja ^{[2
]}

Ren, Shaoya ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Utrecht, Dept Psychol, Utrecht, Netherlands

[2] Eindhoven Univ Technol, Dept Ind Design, Eindhoven, Netherlands

[3] Univ Utrecht, Dept Informat & Comp Sci, Utrecht, Netherlands

来源：

PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2022 17TH ACM/IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HUMAN-ROBOT INTERACTION (HRI '22) | 2022年

关键词：

SARs; childhood anxiety; state anxiety; autonomy; CHINESE VERSION; STATE ANXIETY; DISORDERS; CARE; SYMPTOMS; PLATFORM; SCALE;

D O I：

10.1109/HRI53351.2022.9889561

中图分类号：

TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];

学科分类号：

0808 ; 0809 ;

摘要：

Anxiety in children is gradually becoming a problem that needs to be addressed urgently. Socially Assistive Robots (SARs) have shown great potential in anxiety treatment among adults and elders. However, the application on childhood anxiety has scarcely been tested. Autonomy is also an influential factor of psychological therapy sessions in children. This study, using state anxiety as a kick-off point, aims to investigate the effectiveness of SARs and the role of autonomy in reducing children's anxiety by using Progressive Muscle Relaxation (PMR). Participants were 69 Chinese children aged from 10 to 12. We found that SARs significantly reduced state anxiety levels in all conditions. But no difference between each level of intervention and autonomy was found. Further research on various perspectives is suggested.

引用

页码：754 / 759

页数：6

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