Aastha Agarwal

Modeling Motivational Interviewing Strategies on an Online Peer-to-Peer Counseling Platform

Millions of people participate in online peer-to-peer support sessions, yet there has been little prior research on systematic psychology-based evaluations of fine-grained peer-counselor behavior in relation to client satisfaction. This paper seeks to bridge this gap by mapping peer-counselor chat-messages to motivati…