The avatar will see you now: Support from a virtual human provides socio-emotional benefits

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Highlights：

• Sharing negative emotions with a virtual human reduces negative emotions.

• Sharing with a virtual human fosters emotional relief, regardless of support type.

• Virtual humans may help overcome sharers' resistance to cognitive support.

摘要

•Sharing negative emotions with a virtual human reduces negative emotions.•Sharing with a virtual human fosters emotional relief, regardless of support type.•Virtual humans may help overcome sharers' resistance to cognitive support.

论文关键词：Virtual human,Interpersonal emotion regulation,Social support,Emotional support,Cognitive support,Computer-human interaction

论文评审过程：Received 3 February 2022, Revised 29 May 2022, Accepted 20 June 2022, Available online 25 June 2022, Version of Record 1 July 2022.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2022.107368