This paper is in the following e-collection/theme issue:

Digital Mental Health Interventions, e-Mental Health and Cyberpsychology (2111) Loneliness and Social Isolation (145) Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD) (61) Artificial Intelligence (2129) Chatbots and Conversational Agents (740)

Published on in Vol 27 (2025)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/65589, first published .
Therapeutic Potential of Social Chatbots in Alleviating Loneliness and Social Anxiety: Quasi-Experimental Mixed Methods Study

Therapeutic Potential of Social Chatbots in Alleviating Loneliness and Social Anxiety: Quasi-Experimental Mixed Methods Study

Therapeutic Potential of Social Chatbots in Alleviating Loneliness and Social Anxiety: Quasi-Experimental Mixed Methods Study

Authors of this article:

Myungsung Kim1 Author Orcid Image ;   Seonmi Lee1 Author Orcid Image ;   Sieun Kim1 Author Orcid Image ;   Jeong-in Heo1 Author Orcid Image ;   Sangil Lee2 Author Orcid Image ;   Yu-Bin Shin3 Author Orcid Image ;   Chul-Hyun Cho3, 4 Author Orcid Image ;   Dooyoung Jung1, 2 Author Orcid Image
Article Authors Cited by (16) Tweetations (3) Metrics

Myungsung Kim   1 , BS ;   Seonmi Lee   1 , BS ;   Sieun Kim   1 , BS ;   Jeong-in Heo   1 , BS ;   Sangil Lee   2 , PhD ;   Yu-Bin Shin   3 , PhD ;   Chul-Hyun Cho   3, 4 * , MD, PhD ;   Dooyoung Jung   1, 2 * , MD, PhD

1 Graduate School of Health Science and Technology, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Ulsan, Republic of Korea

2 Department of Biomedical Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Ulsan, Republic of Korea

3 Department of Psychiatry, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

4 Department of Biomedical Informatics, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

*these authors contributed equally

Corresponding Author:

  • Chul-Hyun Cho, MD, PhD
  • Department of Psychiatry
  • Korea University College of Medicine
  • 73 Goryeodae-ro, Seongbuk-gu
  • Seoul 02841
  • Republic of Korea
  • Phone: 82 029205505
  • Email: david0203@gmail.com