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Investigating Students’ Use of a Mental Health Chatbot to Alleviate Academic Stress 调查学生使用心理健康聊天机器人来减轻学业压力

6th International ACM In-Cooperation HCI and UX Conference Pub Date : 2020-10-21 DOI: 10.1145/3431656.3431657

Johan Oswin De Nieva, J. Joaquín, Chaste Bernard Tan, Ruzel Khyvin Marc Te, Ethel Ong

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