Robots as social companions?: investigating longitudinal companionship and social presence in child-robot interaction

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dc.contributor.authorSharan, Navya N.
dc.contributor.authorPeter, Jochen
dc.contributor.authorLemmens, Jeroen S.
dc.contributor.authorKühne, Rinaldo
dc.contributor.authorJong, Chiara de
dc.contributor.authorBarco, Alex
dc.date.accessioned2025-12-02T15:47:41Z
dc.date.available2025-12-02T15:47:41Z
dc.date.issued2025-11-13
dc.date.updated2025-12-02T15:47:41Z
dc.description.abstractIn research on human-robot interaction (HRI), the Media are Social Actors (MASA) paradigm has received increasing attention. However, MASA is less explicit about longitudinal developments in social responses to media agents. MASA posits that social signals predict social responses to media agents. We examined specifically the longitudinal relationship between perceived companionship, as a social signal, and social presence toward a social robot, as a social response. Data from five waves of a panel study among 400 children aged 8 to 9 years were used. A consistent longitudinal relationship was not found. A cross-lagged panel model showed that, over time, perceived companionship positively predicted social presence about half of the time. Social presence, generally, did not predict greater perceived companionship over time. A random-intercept cross-lagged panel model with its separation of within- and between-subject processes demonstrated no consistent over-time relations. Over-time consistency of predictions of MASA may need further research.en
dc.description.sponsorshipThe data that this study uses were collected in a project that was made possible by funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme, under grant agreement [no. 682733] to the second author, J.P.en
dc.identifier.citationSharan, N. N., Peter, J., Lemmens, J. S., Kühne, R., de Jong, C., & Barco, A. (2025). Robots as social companions?: investigating longitudinal companionship and social presence in child-robot interaction. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction. https://doi.org/10.1080/10447318.2025.2575299
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/10447318.2025.2575299
dc.identifier.eissn1532-7590
dc.identifier.issn1044-7318
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14454/4517
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherTaylor and Francis Ltd.
dc.subject.otherChild-robot interaction
dc.subject.otherHuman-machine communication
dc.subject.otherLongitudinal research
dc.subject.otherPerceived companionship
dc.subject.otherSocial presence
dc.titleRobots as social companions?: investigating longitudinal companionship and social presence in child-robot interactionen
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.titleInternational Journal of Human-Computer Interaction
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