Social Robots as Warm-Up Companions: Comparing Teaching and Storytelling Interactions to Support Children’s Self-Efficacy
Abstract
Children often find themselves in challenging situations, such as medical examinations, where they have limited opportunities to make autonomous decisions and experience their own agency. This study explores whether a warm-up interaction with a social robot can strengthen children’s perceived self-efficacy. We hypothesized that a teaching scenario, where the child instructs the robot, would yield stronger self-efficacy gains than a storytelling activity.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Social Robot Interaction and HRI
Innovative Human-Technology Interaction
Educational Robotics and Engineering
Publication details
- Journal / source
- ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI)
- Pages
- 1013–1017
- Publication date
- 12 March 2026
- Language
- EN