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Prompting with Respect: Cultural Norms and User Experience in LLM Interactions.

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Τίτλος: Prompting with Respect: Cultural Norms and User Experience in LLM Interactions.
Συγγραφείς: Yang S; Department of Psychology, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Republic of Korea., Oh S; Department of Psychology, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Republic of Korea., Shim HE; Department of Psychology, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Πηγή: Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking [Cyberpsychol Behav Soc Netw] 2026 Oct; Vol. 29 (10), pp. 746-753. Date of Electronic Publication: 2026 Sep 11.
Τύπος έκδοσης: Journal Article
Γλώσσα: English
Στοιχεία περιοδικού: Publisher: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 101528721 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 2152-2723 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 21522715 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Cyberpsychol Behav Soc Netw Subsets: MEDLINE
Imprint Name(s): Original Publication: New Rochelle, NY : Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
Ιατρικοί όροι (MeSH): Large Language Models* , Communication* , Social Norms* , Social Interaction* , Interpersonal Relations*, Humans ; Female ; Young Adult ; Adult ; Republic of Korea
Περίληψη: Despite growing interest in prompt engineering, its influence on user experience-particularly in relation to cultural communication norms-remains largely unexplored. This controlled experiment examined how respectful versus directive prompting-a culturally meaningful contrast in Korean-affects Korean users' psychological experience during LLM interactions. Forty-three Korean female college students were randomly assigned to respectful prompt (RP) (using polite requests, compliments, and gratitude) or directive prompt (DP) (using imperatives, criticism, and performance-based penalties) conditions. Participants completed a writing task using ChatGPT. Results indicated that RPs yielded significantly higher satisfaction, particularly for affinity and likability, whereas the difference in perceived output quality was smaller and nonsignificant. Furthermore, RPs elicited socially supportive ChatGPT responses, whereas DPs were followed by apologies, suggesting bidirectional social adaptation between users and ChatGPT. Together, these findings suggest that culturally grounded communicative conventions may shape users' subjective experience even where perceived output quality does not differ significantly, pointing to culturally adaptive large language model systems that recognize diverse communication patterns as essential design considerations rather than imposing universal paradigms.
Competing Interests: Author Disclosure StatementThe authors declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and publication of this article.
Contributed Indexing: Keywords: ChatGPT; communication patterns; cultural norms; large language models; prompt engineering; user satisfaction
Entry Date(s): Date Created: 20260911 Date Completed: 20260928 Latest Revision: 20260928
Update Code: 20260928
DOI: 10.1177/21522715261484255
PMID: 42723560
Βάση Δεδομένων: MEDLINE
Περιγραφή
ISSN:2152-2723
DOI:10.1177/21522715261484255