Transhumanism touches all areas of life, psychology included. In this research, we examined public attitudes towards the use of chatbots in the psychotherapeutic process. This study was conducted on 135 people (convenience sampling) from Romania, aged 18–65 years (M = 23.58; SD = 7.04) between November 1 and 14, 2022. Our results highlighted a variety of important issues regarding the attitudes of the studied population towards initiating a therapeutic approach with a chatbot rather instead of a human psychotherapist. Ethical implications were also discussed, and our findings and results support the literature with practical utility and provide insight into future research.
Transhumanism in Psychology: The Attitude towards the Use of Chatbots in Psychotherapy and Ethical Implications / Huțul, T., Karner-Huțuleac, A.. - In: JOURNAL OF INTERCULTURAL MANAGEMENT AND ETHICS. - ISSN 2601-5749. - 5:4(2022), pp. 41-49. [10.35478/jime.2022.4.05]
Transhumanism in Psychology: The Attitude towards the Use of Chatbots in Psychotherapy and Ethical Implications
Huțul, Tudor-Daniel
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2022
Abstract
Transhumanism touches all areas of life, psychology included. In this research, we examined public attitudes towards the use of chatbots in the psychotherapeutic process. This study was conducted on 135 people (convenience sampling) from Romania, aged 18–65 years (M = 23.58; SD = 7.04) between November 1 and 14, 2022. Our results highlighted a variety of important issues regarding the attitudes of the studied population towards initiating a therapeutic approach with a chatbot rather instead of a human psychotherapist. Ethical implications were also discussed, and our findings and results support the literature with practical utility and provide insight into future research.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
