TY - JOUR
T1 - PARO's stress-reduction potential for older adults
AU - McGlynn, Sean A.
AU - Geiskkovitch, Denise
AU - Mitzner, Tracy L.
AU - Rogers, Wendy A.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research is supported by the National Institutes of Health (National Institute on Aging) through: (1) the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Institutional Research Training Grant (T32AG000175). We appreciate the loan of the PARO from Dr. Takanori Shibata.
Publisher Copyright:
Copyright 2016 by Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - As the proportion of older adults in the United States is growing, there is a need to develop methods that enable older adults to maintain well-being in their own homes. Stress, if not managed properly, can hinder older adults' ability to maintain well-being. Efforts focusing on the development of novel methods of stress reduction have identified pet-type robots as being potentially efficacious. The present research will test this effect in one such robot absent of other social interactions and will disentangle the robot attributes that contribute to stress-reduction. Data collection is ongoing, but current results suggest that PARO may reduce stress, but the specific stress-reducing attributes are still unclear. Upon study completion, the results of this research will provide insights into PARO's potential to be a therapeutic tool for older adults and inform design of such robots to maximize their stress-reduction capabilities.
AB - As the proportion of older adults in the United States is growing, there is a need to develop methods that enable older adults to maintain well-being in their own homes. Stress, if not managed properly, can hinder older adults' ability to maintain well-being. Efforts focusing on the development of novel methods of stress reduction have identified pet-type robots as being potentially efficacious. The present research will test this effect in one such robot absent of other social interactions and will disentangle the robot attributes that contribute to stress-reduction. Data collection is ongoing, but current results suggest that PARO may reduce stress, but the specific stress-reducing attributes are still unclear. Upon study completion, the results of this research will provide insights into PARO's potential to be a therapeutic tool for older adults and inform design of such robots to maximize their stress-reduction capabilities.
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U2 - 10.1177/1541931213601411
DO - 10.1177/1541931213601411
M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:85021831373
SP - 1792
EP - 1796
JO - Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
JF - Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
SN - 1071-1813
T2 - Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 2016 International Annual Meeting, HFES 2016
Y2 - 19 September 2016 through 23 September 2016
ER -