🤖💬 Can AI help you change your habits?
Our former PhD student Selina Meyer (now postdoc at Technische Universität Nürnberg) and her supervisor David Elsweiler showed in a randomised controlled trial that even brief chats with an LLM-based agent can boost motivation for behaviour change. 💪
🧑💻 In the study, they tested a GPT-4 chatbot using Motivational Interviewing techniques to support self-reflection and safe dialogue.
Key findings are:
⬆️ Short AI conversations increased users’ readiness to change
🛡️ Motivational Interviewing techniques reduced potential harms in chatbot output
👥 User types (e.g., reflective, cooperative) shaped success of interactions
This is a step forward in safe, personalised digital behaviour change support.
Read the full open-access study here:
📄 International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
👉🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1071581925000710
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Informationen/Kontakt
PD Dr. David Elsweiler ist akademischer Oberrat und Dozent am Lehrstuhl für Informationswissenschaft. – David.Elsweiler(at)ur.de (öffnet Ihr E-Mail-Programm)
Dr. Selina Meyer ist Postdoc im Natural Language Understanding Lab an der Technischen Universität in Nürnberg. Selina hat 2024 ihr Promotionsprojekt am Lehrstuhl für Informationswissenschaft unter der Betreuung von David Elsweiler erfolgreich abgeschlossen. – Selina.Meyer(at)utn.de (öffnet Ihr E-Mail-Programm)
Literaturverweis
Meyer, S., & Elsweiler, D. (2025). LLM-based conversational agents for behaviour change support: A randomised controlled trial examining efficacy, safety, and the role of user behaviour. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 200, 103514. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhcs.2025.103514 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)
