Expressive Interviewing Agents to Support Health-Related Behavior Change: Randomized Controlled Study of COVID-19 Behaviors

Ian Stewart   ¹ , BA, PhD ;   Charles Welch   ² , BA, MS, PhD ;   Lawrence An   ³ , BA, MD ;   Ken Resnicow   ⁴ , BA, PhD ;   James Pennebaker   ⁵ , BA, PhD ;   Rada Mihalcea   ¹ , BA, PhD

¹ School of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States

² Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany

³ Center for Health Communications Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States

⁴ School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States

⁵ Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States