In the 6th International Workshop on Chatbot Research, Applications and Design held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, we presented a paper in collaboration with our former student Lotte Leeuwis on a chatbot for smoking cessation, which was nominated for the best paper award.
More information on the conference website: https://2022.conversations.ws/
The paper:
He, L., & Leeuwis, L. (2022). Hi, I’m Cecil (y) the Smoking Cessation Chatbot: The Effectiveness of Motivational Interviewing and Confrontational Counseling Chatbots and the Moderating Role of the Need for Autonomy and Self-Efficacy. In Conversations 2022.