Privacy assurances and professional-boundary warnings in generative AI mental health chatbots: a randomized vignette experiment on calibrated trust, overreliance risk, and professional help-seeking intentions

Zeyu Zhang, Xiaomei Lu, Yinlan Zhang, Hao Zhang, Min Zhang

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DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1934264
Published: 2026-09-01
Container: Frontiers in Psychology
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@article{allodium:10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1934264,
  title = {Privacy assurances and professional-boundary warnings in generative AI mental health chatbots: a randomized vignette experiment on calibrated trust, overreliance risk, and professional help-seeking intentions},
  author = {Zeyu Zhang and Xiaomei Lu and Yinlan Zhang and Hao Zhang and Min Zhang},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Frontiers in Psychology},
  doi = {10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1934264},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1934264}
}

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DO  - 10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1934264
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Zhang, Z., Lu, X., Zhang, Y., Zhang, H., & Zhang, M. (2026). Privacy assurances and professional-boundary warnings in generative AI mental health chatbots: a randomized vignette experiment on calibrated trust, overreliance risk, and professional help-seeking intentions. Frontiers in Psychology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1934264

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