Messages in a Digital Bottle: A Youth-Coauthored Perspective on LLM Chatbots and Adolescent Loneliness

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Auteurs principaux:	Liu, Jinyao, Fu, Di
Format:	Preprint
Publié:	2026
Sujets:	Human-Computer Interaction
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