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FuturePrism: Supporting Adolescence in Collaborative Storytelling to Cope with Future Uncertainty

Yonglin Chen, Pengcheng An, Xueliang Li

Abstract

FuturePrism is a GenAI-empowered collaborative storytelling system designed to scaffold adolescents to navigate future life challenges. Adolescents often suffer from anxiety related to future uncertainty for lacking the executive function to develop concrete pathways. Operationalizing Snyder's Hope Theory, the system utilizes a triadic role-play mechanics to externalize cognitive processes through four narrative chapters: The Goal, The Opportunity, The Challenge, and The Agency. An evaluation workshop with 20 adolescents demonstrated that FuturePrism significantly enhances momentary hope levels, particularly in the Agency dimension. Participants reported high levels of narrative immersion and positive feedback towards system usability. Participants also confirmed that the AI-scaffolded collaborative storytelling empowered them to develop positive attitudes towards future challenges.

FuturePrism: Supporting Adolescence in Collaborative Storytelling to Cope with Future Uncertainty

Abstract

FuturePrism is a GenAI-empowered collaborative storytelling system designed to scaffold adolescents to navigate future life challenges. Adolescents often suffer from anxiety related to future uncertainty for lacking the executive function to develop concrete pathways. Operationalizing Snyder's Hope Theory, the system utilizes a triadic role-play mechanics to externalize cognitive processes through four narrative chapters: The Goal, The Opportunity, The Challenge, and The Agency. An evaluation workshop with 20 adolescents demonstrated that FuturePrism significantly enhances momentary hope levels, particularly in the Agency dimension. Participants reported high levels of narrative immersion and positive feedback towards system usability. Participants also confirmed that the AI-scaffolded collaborative storytelling empowered them to develop positive attitudes towards future challenges.
Paper Structure (16 sections, 3 figures, 1 table)

This paper contains 16 sections, 3 figures, 1 table.

Table of Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. System Design of FuturePrism
  3. A Four-Chapter Narrative Framework
  4. Interaction Workflow
  5. Collaborative Setup and Role Allocation
  6. Generative Character Construction
  7. The Generative Interaction Loop
  8. Technical Implementation
  9. Evaluation Workshop
  10. Participants
  11. Procedure
  12. Measures
  13. Preliminary Findings
  14. Quantitative Results
  15. Qualitative Reflections
  16. ...and 1 more sections

Figures (3)

  • Figure 1: The four-chapter narrative framework of FuturePrism that operationalizes Snyder’s Hope Theory (top bar) into a four-chapter role-play structure. Chapter 1 anchors the Goal; Chapters 2 and 3 constitute the Pathways process; Chapter 4 activates Agency, requiring the protagonist to formulate a strategic resolution. The bottom section details the inquiry protocols and writing guidelines used to scaffold the GenAI's output.
  • Figure 2: The FuturePrism user interface flow: (a) Collaborative role assignment mapping users to narrative perspectives; (b) Character construction using multimodal input (camera/sketch) and Img2Img generation; (c) The main storytelling interface featuring the standardized scaffolding-generation loop.
  • Figure 3: Quantitative evaluation results. (a) Boxplots showing a significant increase in hope levels scores ($p<0.05$). (b) Distribution of System Usability and Narrative Transportation scores, indicating positive user reception.