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Aug 2026
Love in the Age of AI: An Integrative Process Model of Romantic Human-Chatbot Relationships
This paper introduces the first empirically grounded integrative process model of the romantic HCR lifecycle, a three-phase model that synthesizes established theoretical frameworks related to user needs and gratifications, HCR development, and relationship dissolution.
Natalia Szymczyk, Paula Ebner, Jessica M. Szczuka
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