Self-Disclosing Chatbot
The chatbot opens up first
Ask students about their worries and you get a word or two. So this chatbot shares its own worries first, then asks.
Minyoung Park · Bogyeom Park · Kyoungwon Seo
›Try It
›Video
›Notes
- Stress assessed from these conversations agreed with the standard SISCO inventory at 0.94 within ±1 point. The control chatbot without self-disclosure: 0.86.
- The only difference between the two chatbots is self-disclosure. The questionnaire is identical.
- Students who talked with this chatbot named their stressors more concretely and made more actionable coping plans.
- A demonstration, not a screening tool. No one is diagnosed or assessed here.
›Publications
- 2025Enhancing academic stress assessment through self-disclosure chatbots: effects on engagement, accuracy, and self-reflectionInternational Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education SSCI · Q1 · Top 1%
- 2025How Self-Disclosing Chatbots Influence Student Engagement, Assessment Accuracy, and Self-Reflection in Academic Stress AssessmentCHI 2025 Extended Abstracts · Late Breaking Work Acceptance rate: 32.8%
- 2025The impact of self-disclosing chatbots for academic stress assessment on student self-reflectionHCI Korea 2025 Best Paper Award