An open-access review synthesizing research on how teenagers' use of AI chatbots such as ChatGPT may affect social belonging, emotion regulation, autonomy and identity, with possible benefits and risks, and a call for long-term developmental studies.
Peer-reviewed, open-access study in Frontiers in Psychology (Organizational Psychology section), published July 29, 2026. Using time-lagged data from 7,704 employees in remote, hybrid and on-site roles, the authors compare well-being, positive connection and turnover across work arrangements. The article includes a checklist for setting norms with remote and hybrid employees.
Peer-reviewed study in Communications Psychology (Nature Portfolio). When given the choice, participants sought empathy from humans, even though they rated AI-written responses as more empathetic and said those responses made them feel more heard.
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