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Attachment Anxiety and Problematic Use of Conversational Artificial Intelligence: Mediation of Emotional Attachment and Moderation of Anthropomorphic Tendencies

Heng, Shupeng, Zhang, Ziwan·2025·Psychology Research and Behavior Management
DOI 10.2147/prbm.s531805PMC PMC12379994
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Authors
Heng, S., & Zhang, Z.
ORCID
Heng, Shupeng
Venue
Psychology Research and Behavior Management
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Published
2025-08
Volume
Volume 18
Pages
1775-1785
ISSN
1179-1578
DOI
10.2147/prbm.s531805
PMC
PMC12379994
Cited by
31
References
16
Language
en
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creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ (unspecified)

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