Adolescents with self-disclosure or instrumental help-seeking preferences show higher adaptive coping and prosocial behaviors, and the self-disclosure group shows the lowest maladaptive coping and bullying, in ANOVA comparisons¶

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q2 i? ANOVA revealed significant differences in adaptive coping, maladaptive coping, bullying and prosocial behaviors among adolescents with different conversation preferences toward AI chatbots. → Huinan Hu 2026 q2 i? The self-disclosure group presented the lowest scores on maladaptive coping and bullying compared to other groups. → Huinan Hu 2026

Evidence¶

Huinan Hu 2026¶

Huinan Hu, Mojtaba Habibi Asgarabad, Enyi Jen, H. N. Cheung. (2026). Turn to chatbots for sharing feelings or seeking solutions? Differential associations of preferences for chatbot-mediated self-disclosure and instrumental help-seeking with adolescent interpersonal behaviors in the United States and Hong Kong. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/qm6bg_v1

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One-way ANOVA across the three preference groups (N = 2023) preceded the SEM as a baseline comparison; Table 2 prints F values (e.g., adaptive coping F = 35.14***) with LSD patterns such as G1 > G2 > G3 for adaptive coping and prosocial behaviors.

"The results of ANOV A revealed significant differences in adaptive coping, maladaptive coping, bullying and prosocial behaviors among adolescents with different conversation preferences toward AI chatbots."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• In the whole sample, preference for self-disclosure with AI chatbots is associated with higher adaptive coping and lower maladaptive coping, linking to more prosocial behavior and less bullying — related
• Mediation effects of self-disclosure preference on interpersonal behaviors are significant in HK adolescents but largely non-significant in US adolescents, where maladaptive coping mediates toward more bullying — related
• Adolescents' preference for instrumental help-seeking from AI chatbots is positively associated with adaptive coping, which relates to more prosocial behavior and less bullying, consistently across US and HK samples — related
• The correlates of self-disclosure preference with AI chatbots diverge culturally: positive with adaptive coping in HK but not the US, and positively associated with maladaptive coping in the US but negatively in HK — related
• US and HK adolescents differ in conversation-topic preferences: HK adolescents more often prefer instrumental help-seeking and self-disclosure, while US adolescents more often report nothing to say to chatbots — related
• Victim group children score higher than bullies on the SDQ prosocial behavior subscale