1. Social Robots against Bullying: Can interactive storytelling by a social robot sensitize preschoolers to bullying?
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Hanna-Finja Weichert, Tomiczek, Sarah, Nieding, Gerhild, Steinhaeusser, Sophia C., Semineth, Miriam, Ohenewa Bediako Akuffo, Lugrin, Birgit, Elsesser, Valeria, Hunze, Marie Sophie, and Lücke, Leonie
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FOS: Psychology ,interactivestorytelling ,Engineering ,roboticstorytelling ,Communication ,Communication Technology and New Media ,Psychology ,Child Psychology ,reeti ,socialrobot ,child-robot-interaction ,Social and Behavioral Sciences ,bullyingprevention - Abstract
Bullying behavior - including teasing, excluding children and physical violence such as pushing or hitting (Gillies-Rezo & Bosacki, 2003; Macklem, 2003) - already occurs among preschool children (Kirves & Sajaniemi, 2012). Interactive storytelling and the use of social robots are able to promote prosocial behavior and serve as a bullying intervention (Bratitsis & Ziannas, 2015; Oliveira et al., 2021). The study aims to build on these research results and contribute to the bullying awareness of preschoolers between the ages of three and six, by using the social robot Reeti and interactive storytelling. The following research questions will be asked: 1) Does interactive storytelling and embodiment through a social robot help to sensitize preschoolers to bullying? 2) Is there an interaction between interactive storytelling and embodiment through a social robot? Sources: Bratitsis, T., & Ziannas, P. (2015). From early childhood to special education: Interactive digital storytelling as a coaching approach for fostering social empathy. Procedia Computer Science, 67, 231-240. Gillies-Rezo, S., & Bosacki, S. (2003). Invisible Bruises: Kindergartners' perceptions of bullying. International Journal of Children's Spirituality, 8(2), 163-177. Kirves, L., & Sajaniemi, N. (2012). Bullying in early educational settings. Early Child Development and Care, 182(3-4), 383-400. Macklem, G. L. (2003). Bullying and teasing: Social power in children's groups. Springer. Oliveira, R., Arriaga, P., Santos, F. P., Mascarenhas, S., & Paiva, A. (2021). Towards prosocial design: A scoping review of the use of robots and virtual agents to trigger prosocial behaviour. Computers in Human Behavior, 114, 106547.
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- 2023
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