Co-experiencing with AI: effects on social bonding and empathy in human–AI relationships
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In studies on human-AI co-creation or comparisons between two co-creation types, the need to belong has rarely been directly investigated or has been treated only as a mediating variable.
“However, in studies on human–AI co-creation or comparisons between two co-creation types, while many have examined social motivational factors such as trust (Daly et al., 2025), empathy (Zhu et al., 2025; Qian and Wan, 2025), reliance (Siemon et al., 2025) and commitment feeling (Wang et al., 2025), the need to belong, although a fundamental social motivation, has rarely been directly investigated”
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- Authors
- Qian, Y., & Wan, X.
- Affiliations
- Tsinghua University (CN)
- Corresponding author
- Wan, Xiaoang
- Venue
- Technology in Society
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2025-12
- Volume
- 83
- Pages
- 103009
- ISSN
- 0160-791X (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W4411894585
- Cited by
- 12
- References
- 84
- Citations by year
- 2026: 9 · 2025: 3
- FWCI
- 13.30
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- Locations
- Technology in Society (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (72372081)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Social Robot Interaction and HRI
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › AI in Service Interactions
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Human-Computer Interaction › Innovative Human-Technology Interaction
- Keywords
- human-AI relationship, co-experience, social bonding, shared mental models, embodied robots, chatbots, human-AI symbiosis, collective experience
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