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¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · associational r2 · q2 · i2–i3
Currency · newest study 2026 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i2 Self-disclosure preference is positively correlated with adaptive coping (β = 0.22, p < 0.001) and negatively with maladaptive coping (β = -0.09, p < 0.01). → Huinan Hu 2026 q2 i3 Adaptive coping is strongly positively correlated with prosocial behaviors (β = 0.55, p < 0.001) and negatively with bullying (β = -0.12, p < 0.001); maladaptive coping shows the reverse pattern. → Huinan Hu 2026 (2)

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

q2 · i2 · associational · r2

Whole-sample SEM (N = 2023) with self-disclosure and instrumental help-seeking dummies entered simultaneously against the nothing-to-say reference group. Both coping paths from self-disclosure were significant as printed.

"both self-disclosure and instrumental help-seeking were positively correlated with adaptive coping (β = 0.22, p < 0.001; β = 0.16, p < 0.001), and self-disclosure was negatively correlated with maladaptive coping (β = -0.09, p < 0.01)"

Huinan Hu 2026 (2)¶

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

q2 · i3 · associational · r2

Path coefficients from the same whole-sample SEM (Figure 1) show coping styles relate to interpersonal behaviors in the expected directions, with the adaptive-coping-to-prosocial-behaviors coefficient the largest printed (β = 0.55, p < 0.001).

"adaptive coping was negatively correlated with bullying and positively correlated with prosocial behaviors (β = -0.12, p < 0.001; β = 0.55, p < 0.001), while maladaptive coping was positively correlated with bullying and negatively correlated with prosocial behaviors (β = 0.34, p < 0.001; β = -0.10, p < 0.001)"

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• 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 — 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
• 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 — reports the opposite
• 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
• Positive coping styles show larger coefficients than negative coping styles, suggesting improving positive coping strategies may be more beneficial than minimising negative ones — related