Trust evaluations were strongly and positively correlated across all robot–task combinations, suggesting trust in social robots may be a stable, generalized attitude¶

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q3 i3 Mean trust scores across all nine robot–task combinations showed strong positive intercorrelations (r = .56–.89, p < .001). → Anna-Maria Velentza 2026

Evidence¶

Anna-Maria Velentza 2026¶

Anna-Maria Velentza, Konstantina Nikou, Anne-Gwenn Bosser, Nikolaos Fachantidis. (2026). What Robots Do Matters More Than What They Look Like: Task Context Shapes Trust in Educational HRI. https://www.google.com/search?q=%22What+Robots+Do+Matters+More+Than+What+They+Look+Like%22 doi:10.1109/ro-man72286.2026.11714558

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Pearson correlation analysis of mean trust scores across all robot–task combinations in the N = 81 experiment. The article reports "r = .56–.89 and p < .001", and interprets that participants accepting a robot in one context tended to accept the same and other robots across contexts.

"A correlation matrix of mean trust scores (Fig. 5) revealed strong positive associations across all robot–task combinations, with r = .56–.89 and p < .001."

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