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Attitudes, Beliefs, and Health Behaviours in Human Factors Research (85) Design and Usability of Consumer Health Tech and Home Monitoring Devices (337) Digital Mental Health Interventions, e-Mental Health and Cyberpsychology (2198) mHealth for Wellness, Behavior Change and Prevention (3383) User Needs and Competencies (474) Chatbots and Conversational Agents (761)

Published on in Vol 12 (2025)

This is a member publication of Lancaster University (Jisc)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/70698, first published .
Predicting Engagement With Conversational Agents in Mental Health Therapy by Examining the Role of Epistemic Trust, Personality, and Fear of Intimacy: Cross-Sectional Web-Based Survey Study

Predicting Engagement With Conversational Agents in Mental Health Therapy by Examining the Role of Epistemic Trust, Personality, and Fear of Intimacy: Cross-Sectional Web-Based Survey Study

Predicting Engagement With Conversational Agents in Mental Health Therapy by Examining the Role of Epistemic Trust, Personality, and Fear of Intimacy: Cross-Sectional Web-Based Survey Study

Authors of this article:

Fanny Guglielmucci1 Author Orcid Image ;   Daniela Di Basilio2 Author Orcid Image
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