Social anxiety

The Effectiveness of Social Robots for Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Studies

Lihui Pu, Wendy Moyle, Cindy Jones, Michael Todorovic

Citations: 502 • 2018

Potential Applications of Social Robots in Robot-Assisted Interventions for Social Anxiety

Samira Rasouli, Garima Gupta, Elizabeth S. Nilsen, Kerstin Dautenhahn

Citations: 133 • 2022

The influence of social cues in persuasive social robots on psychological reactance and compliance

Aimi Shazwani Ghazali, Jaap Ham, Emilia Barakova, Panos Markopoulos

Citations: 102 • 2018

Brief Report: A Pilot Summer Robotics Camp to Reduce Social Anxiety and Improve Social/Vocational Skills in Adolescents with ASD

Juhi Kaboski, Joshua J. Diehl, Jane Beriont, Charles R. Crowell, Michael Villano, Kristin Wier, Karen Tang

Citations: 76 • 2014

Self–Other's Perspective Taking: The Use of Therapeutic Robot Companions as Social Agents for Reducing Pain and Anxiety in Pediatric Patients

Sandra Y. Okita

Citations: 71 • 2013

Do people with social anxiety feel anxious about interacting with a robot?

Tatsuya Nomura, Takayuki Kanda, Tomohiro Suzuki, Sachie Yamada

Citations: 69 • 2019

Parental social anxiety disorder prospectively predicts toddlers' fear/avoidance in a social referencing paradigm

Evin Aktar, Mirjana Majdandžić, Wieke de Vente, Susan M. Bögels

Citations: 58 • 2013

Do Anthropomorphic Chatbots Increase Counseling Satisfaction and Reuse Intention? The Moderated Mediation of Social Rapport and Social Anxiety

Gain Park, Seyoung Lee, Jiyun Chung

Citations: 41 • 2023

Reducing negative emotions in children using social robots: systematic review

Brenda Kimbembi Maleco Littler, Tourkiah Alessa, Paul Dimitri, Christine Smith, Luc de Witte

Citations: 25 • 2021

Imagine how to behave: the influence of imagined contact on human–robot interaction

Ricarda Wullenkord, Friederike Eyssel

Citations: 19 • 2019

The mediator role of robot anxiety on the relationship between social anxiety and the attitude toward interaction with robots

Serkan Erebak, Tülay Turgut

Citations: 19 • 2020

Shybot

Chia‐Hsun Lee, Kyung‐Hee Kim, Cynthia Breazeal, Rosalind W. Picard

Citations: 19 • 2008

Parental Expressions of Anxiety and Child Temperament in Toddlerhood Jointly Predict Preschoolers’ Avoidance of Novelty

Evin Aktar, Mirjana Majdandžić, Wieke de Vente, Susan M. Bögels

Citations: 17 • 2017

Robotic Psychology: A PRISMA Systematic Review on Social-Robot-Based Interventions in Psychological Domains

Mirko Duradoni, Giulia Colombini, Paola Andrea Russo, Andrea Guazzini

Citations: 17 • 2021

Proposed Applications of Social Robots in Interventions for Children and Adolescents with Social Anxiety

Samira Rasouli, Garima Gupta, Moojan Ghafurian, Kerstin Dautenhahn

Citations: 16 • 2022

Social Robots Outdo the Not-So-Social Media for Self-Disclosure: Safe Machines Preferred to Unsafe Humans?

Rowling L. Luo, Thea X. Y. Zhang, Derrick H.-C. Chen, Johan F. Hoorn, Shiming Huang

Citations: 15 • 2022

“A Safe Space for Sharing Feelings”: Perspectives of Children with Lived Experiences of Anxiety on Social Robots

Jill A. Dosso, Jaya N. Kailley, Susanna E. Martin, Julie M. Robillard

Citations: 14 • 2023

Ommie: The Design and Development of a Social Robot for Anxiety Reduction

Kayla Matheus, Marynel Vázquez, Brian Scassellati

Citations: 14 • 2024

Influence of Social Anxiety on People's Preferences for Robots as Daily Life Communication Partners Among Young Japanese

Tomohiro Suzuki, Sachie Yamada, Takayuki Kanda, Tatsuya Nomura

Citations: 11 • 2021

The effect of social robot interventions on anxiety in children in clinical settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Ruo-Yan Wu, Xiaotong Li, Yi‐Chen Li, Zhihong Ren, Bing Xiang Yang, Zhentao Liu, Bao‐Liang Zhong, Chen-Ling Liu

Citations: 8 • 2025