4 papers
Script-Strategy Aligned Generation: Aligning LLMs with Expert-Crafted Dialogue Scripts and Therapeutic Strategies for Psychotherapy
Xin Sun, Jan de Wit, Zhuying Li +3
Chatbots or conversational agents (CAs) are increasingly used to improve access to digital psychotherapy. Many current systems rely on rigid, rule-based designs, heavily dependent…
Rethinking the Alignment of Psychotherapy Dialogue Generation with Motivational Interviewing Strategies
Xin Sun, Xiao Tang, Abdallah El Ali +5
Recent advancements in large language models (LLMs) have shown promise in generating psychotherapeutic dialogues, particularly in the context of motivational interviewing (MI). How…
Trusting the Search: Unraveling Human Trust in Health Information from Google and ChatGPT
Xin Sun, Rongjun Ma, Xiaochang Zhao +4
People increasingly rely on online sources for health information seeking due to their convenience and timeliness, traditionally using search engines like Google as the primary sea…
Can a Funny Chatbot Make a Difference? Infusing Humor into Conversational Agent for Behavioral Intervention
Xin Sun, Isabelle Teljeur, Zhuying Li +1
Regular physical activity is crucial for reducing the risk of non-communicable disease (NCD). With NCDs on the rise globally, there is an urgent need for effective health intervent…