4 papers
"He gets to be the fun parent": Understanding and Supporting Burnt-Out Mothers in Online Communities
Nazanin Sabri, Ananya Malik, Bangzhao Shu +3
Maternal burnout is a psychological phenomena with documented harms to both mother and child, requiring prompt attention. Mothers experiencing burnout might choose to turn to onlin…
Are LLMs Empathetic to All? Investigating the Influence of Multi-Demographic Personas on a Model's Empathy
Ananya Malik, Nazanin Sabri, Melissa Karnaze +1
Large Language Models' (LLMs) ability to converse naturally is empowered by their ability to empathetically understand and respond to their users. However, emotional experiences ar…
Fluent but Unfeeling: The Emotional Blind Spots of Language Models
Bangzhao Shu, Isha Joshi, Melissa Karnaze +5
The versatility of Large Language Models (LLMs) in natural language understanding has made them increasingly popular in mental health research. While many studies explore LLMs' cap…
Posting Patterns of Members of Parental Subreddits
Nazanin Sabri, Mai Elsherief
Online forums (e.g., Reddit) are used by many parents to discuss their challenges, needs, and receive support. While studies have investigated the contents of posts made to popular…