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Participatory Design and Participatory Research (418) Chatbots and Conversational Agents (740) Consumer Education and Learning for Mental Health (22) Formative Evaluation of Digital Health Interventions (3229) Bullying and Cyberbullying (42) Mental Health Issues in Adolescence (637)

Published on in Vol 7, No 1 (2020): Jan-Mar

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/16762, first published .
A Chatbot-Based Coaching Intervention for Adolescents to Promote Life Skills: Pilot Study

A Chatbot-Based Coaching Intervention for Adolescents to Promote Life Skills: Pilot Study

A Chatbot-Based Coaching Intervention for Adolescents to Promote Life Skills: Pilot Study

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Silvia Gabrielli1 Author Orcid Image ;   Silvia Rizzi1 Author Orcid Image ;   Sara Carbone1 Author Orcid Image ;   Valeria Donisi1 Author Orcid Image
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