Paper Citation Record · LEDGER

CompanionBench: A Theory-Anchored, Real-World-Grounded Benchmark for AI Emotional Companionship

As of 9 August 2026, this Paper Citation Record lists 44 of 44 outbound references and 0 inbound Pith citation observations for arXiv:2608.02046.

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CompanionBench: A Theory-Anchored, Real-World-Grounded Benchmark for AI Emotional Companionship Unresolved cited work

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CompanionBench: A Theory-Anchored, Real-World-Grounded Benchmark for AI Emotional Companionship M.; Kearns, R

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CompanionBench: A Theory-Anchored, Real-World-Grounded Benchmark for AI Emotional Companionship J.; and Meehl, P

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This paper cites How AI and Human Behaviors Shape Psychosocial Effects of Extended Chatbot Use: A Longitudinal Randomized Controlled Study.

CompanionBench: A Theory-Anchored, Real-World-Grounded Benchmark for AI Emotional Companionship How AI and Human Behaviors Shape Psychosocial Effects of Extended Chatbot Use: A Longitudinal Randomized Controlled Study

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CompanionBench: A Theory-Anchored, Real-World-Grounded Benchmark for AI Emotional Companionship L.; Reis, H

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CompanionBench: A Theory-Anchored, Real-World-Grounded Benchmark for AI Emotional Companionship C.; and Mukherjee, S

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This paper cites INTIMA: A Benchmark for Human-AI Companionship Behavior.

CompanionBench: A Theory-Anchored, Real-World-Grounded Benchmark for AI Emotional Companionship INTIMA: A Benchmark for Human-AI Companionship Behavior

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CompanionBench: A Theory-Anchored, Real-World-Grounded Benchmark for AI Emotional Companionship Dynamic In-Group Persona Generation for Enhancing Human-AI Rapport

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CompanionBench: A Theory-Anchored, Real-World-Grounded Benchmark for AI Emotional Companionship EQ-Bench: An Emotional Intelligence Benchmark for Large Language Models

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CompanionBench: A Theory-Anchored, Real-World-Grounded Benchmark for AI Emotional Companionship R.; and Feng, S

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CompanionBench: A Theory-Anchored, Real-World-Grounded Benchmark for AI Emotional Companionship M.; Zhou, J.; Sunaryo, A

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CompanionBench: A Theory-Anchored, Real-World-Grounded Benchmark for AI Emotional Companionship D.; and Muran, J

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CompanionBench: A Theory-Anchored, Real-World-Grounded Benchmark for AI Emotional Companionship F.; and Mathis, R

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CompanionBench: A Theory-Anchored, Real-World-Grounded Benchmark for AI Emotional Companionship R.; Cheng, N.; Durmus, E.; Hatfield-Dodds, Z.; Johnston, S

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CompanionBench: A Theory-Anchored, Real-World-Grounded Benchmark for AI Emotional Companionship In-Context Learning User Simulators for Task-Oriented Dialog Systems

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CompanionBench: A Theory-Anchored, Real-World-Grounded Benchmark for AI Emotional Companionship Replacing Judges with Juries: Evaluating LLM Generations with a Panel of Diverse Models

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CompanionBench: A Theory-Anchored, Real-World-Grounded Benchmark for AI Emotional Companionship V.; and Zhang, X

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