Study of Chinese young adults links companion chatbot use to loneliness

Sep 28, 2026 · Issue 9 · 1 source, 1 article

A study published in Frontiers examines how the use of companion-oriented AI chatbots is related to loneliness among Chinese young adults. The model tests self-attributed displacement of offline social contact as a mediating factor.

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• Frontiers | Companion-oriented AI chatbot use and loneliness among Chinese emerging adults: the mediating role of self-attributed offline social displacement and the moderating role of relational-interdependent self-construalfrontiersin.org · Sep 28, 2026

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