{"id":230696,"date":"2026-06-12T07:40:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T11:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/12\/nearly-1-in-5-teens-using-ai-chatbots-for-emotional-support-study-finds\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T10:51:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T14:51:07","slug":"nearly-1-in-5-teens-using-ai-chatbots-for-emotional-support-study-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/12\/nearly-1-in-5-teens-using-ai-chatbots-for-emotional-support-study-finds\/","title":{"rendered":"Nearly 1 in 5 teens using AI chatbots for emotional support, study finds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbay.com\/2026\/06\/12\/nearly-1-5-teens-using-ai-chatbots-emotional-support-study-finds\/\">Nearly 1 in 5 teens using AI chatbots for emotional support, study finds<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbay.com\/2026\/06\/12\/nearly-1-5-teens-using-ai-chatbots-emotional-support-study-finds\/\">https:\/\/www.wbay.com\/2026\/06\/12\/nearly-1-5-teens-using-ai-chatbots-emotional-support-study-finds\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-12 07:40:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.wbay.com\">www.wbay.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rising usage of AI chatbots for emotional support among teens and young adults as revealed in a JAMA Pediatrics study.<\/li>\n<li>Nearly one in five young people have used AI chatbots for advice or help during struggles.<\/li>\n<li>Concerns about the impact of AI mental health tools, including their unpredictability and potential replacement of human interaction.<\/li>\n<li>43% of users consult AI chatbots at least monthly, and 92% find the advice somewhat or very helpful.<\/li>\n<li>Experts warn that AI replacing human mental health support can be harmful.<\/li>\n<li>Recommended strategies for parents include open discussions about mental health and co-prompting to interpret and verify chatbot advice.<\/li>\n<li>There is currently no evidence that chatbots lead to positive long-term outcomes or reduce anxiety and depression symptoms.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nearly 1 in 5 teens using AI chatbots for emotional support, study finds https:\/\/www.wbay.com\/2026\/06\/12\/nearly-1-5-teens-using-ai-chatbots-emotional-support-study-finds\/ Publish&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":230697,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/gray-wbay-prod.gtv-cdn.com\/resizer\/v2\/IYXN25DUM5DT3PODJEIUGFNQVM.png?auth=7c315b3e884e95cb6e297aa09ebb21387f139db92931d850a6897b598f2e02f2&width=1200&height=600&smart=true","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-230696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230696"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230696"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230696\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":230698,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230696\/revisions\/230698"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/230697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}