Generative Artificial Intelligence Chatbots for Motivational Interviewing: A Scoping Review From System Design to Intervention Outcomes

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arXiv:2609.20902v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Motivational interviewing (MI) is a collaborative approach to elicit autonomous motivation for health behavior change. Generative AI (GenAI) offers new ways to deliver MI via conversational systems, but evidence on their design, assessment, and translation into interventions remains fragmented. This scoping review characterized evidence on GenAI-MI chatbots across system design, safety, MI quality, user perceptions, and intervention outcomes. We co