aceAI-Mediated Mental Health Support: The Role of Attachment Orientation and Psychological Distress
General-purpose generative AI (GenAI) models are increasingly serving as quasi-social agents, representing a novel form of informal AI-mediated help-seeking. This study examined associations between adult attachment orientations (Experiences in Close Relationships-Relationship Structures questionnaire), psychological distress (Depression Anxiety Stress Scales-21), and the use of GenAI for mental health support. In a nonprobability sample of 584 Israeli adult GenAI users, 29.3 percent reported having turned to th…
Nearly half of severely distressed respondents had used consumer generative AI for mental health help, which raises concerns about crisis-response quality and displacement of clinical care that have not yet been evaluated.
The sample is nonprobability and limited to Israeli adults, and the usage figures are self-reported and include any contact from a single exchange to sustained use, so they do not show the depth of reliance or outcomes.
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- Peer-reviewedCyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking2026-09-29
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Truvace Impact Record TRV-2026-1597, v1: “AI-Mediated Mental Health Support: The Role of Attachment Orientation and Psychological Distress.” Truvace, 2026-10-16. /record/TRV-2026-1597 (accessed at citation time). sha256 eb998606f1416ec3…
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