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Robot-Mediated Social Connectedness Maintains Friendships and Improves School Reintegration for Childhood Cancer Survivors

Year: 2023

Type: other

Abstract: Background: Each year in the U.S. there are an estimated 15,780 children between the ages of birth and 19 years of age who are diagnosed with cancer. Many are also medically restricted to their homes each year due to symptoms, treatments, and recovery. Thus, they are consequently denied vital behavioral and developmental experiences fundamental to social connectedness and optimal development. A better understanding of the relationship between tele-technologies that facilitate person-to-person interactions and levels of social connectedness will allow us to develop innovative and comprehensive programs that improve quality of life experiences for childhood cancer survivors.

Source: eScholarship (California Digital Library)

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8400777

Authors: Ahumada-Newhart, Veronica, Meyers, Frederick, Tancredi, Daniel J., Marcin, James

Institution: University of California, Davis

Language: English

Topic: Social Robot Interaction and HRI

Subfield: Social Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Science Foundation