Attitudes toward social robots among parents of children with neurodevelopmental disorders: A questionnaire survey on a remote island in Japan.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

This pilot study was performed to clarify parental acceptance of social robots to support children with neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) on a remote island in Japan.

Methods

Cross-sectional analysis was performed to compare Negative Attitudes toward Robots Scale (NARS) scores of parents of children with NDDs cared for in welfare institutions and health care professionals, as well as the association between parental NARS scores, characteristics such as their own gender and age, and their children's gender and school grade. Between-group comparisons were performed using the Kruskal-Wallis exact test.

Results

A total of 54 parents and 75 health care professionals participated in the study. Parents showed significantly lower NARS scores than health care professiona

SUBMITTER: Maeda K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12521823 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature