Resilience is a key factor affecting children's mental wellbeing and future development. Yet, limited HCI research has explored how to help children build resilience through adversarial experiences. Informed by a formative study with elementary school teachers and professional psychologists, we design TaleBot, an AI-empowered system that supports children to co-create stories about overcoming everyday adversities tailored to their personal situations. We evaluated the system with 12 elementary children in school counseling rooms under teacher guidance and conducted reflective interviews with parents upon the Child-AI co-created stories. The findings show that TaleBot encourages children in self-expression of feelings and thoughts, creating opportunities for teachers to provide personalized support and for parents to better understand the profound impact of family communication on children's mental wellbeing. We conclude with design implications for using generative AI to support children's mental health education and interventions across school and family contexts.
翻译:抗逆力是影响儿童心理健康和未来发展的关键因素。然而,目前人机交互领域关于如何通过逆境体验帮助儿童建立抗逆力的研究仍然有限。基于对小学教师和专业心理学家的初步研究,我们设计了TaleBot,这是一个由人工智能赋能的系统,旨在支持儿童根据其个人情况,共同创作关于克服日常逆境的故事。我们在学校咨询室中,在教师指导下对12名小学生进行了系统评估,并针对儿童与AI共同创作的故事对家长进行了反思性访谈。研究结果表明,TaleBot鼓励儿童表达自己的感受和想法,为教师提供个性化支持创造了机会,并帮助家长更好地理解家庭沟通对儿童心理健康的深远影响。最后,我们提出了利用生成式人工智能支持儿童心理健康教育和跨学校与家庭情境干预的设计启示。