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A key challenge in developing companion agents for children is keeping them interested after novelty effects wear off. Self-Determination Theory posits that motivationis sustained if the human feels related to the agent. According to Social PenetrationTheory, such a bond can be welded through the reciprocal disclosure of informationabout the self. As a result of these considerations, we developed a disclosure dialog module to study the self-disclosing behavior of children in response to that ofa virtual agent. The module was integrated into a mobile application with avatarpresence for diabetic children and subsequently used by 11 children in an exploratoryfield study over the course of approximately two weeks at home. It was found thatthe relative amount of disclosures that children made to the avatar was an indicatorfor the relatedness children felt towards the agent at the end of the study. Girlswere significantly more likely to disclose and children preferred to reciprocate avatardisclosures of lower intimacy. No relationship was found between the intimacy levelof avatar disclosures and child disclosures. Particularly the last finding contradictsprior child-peer interaction research and should therefore be further examined inconfirmatory research

Agents Sharing Secrets Self-Disclosure in Long-Term Child-Avatar Interaction