@article{whenseekersarehardtohelpevaluatingemotio,
  title = {When Seekers Are Hard to Help: Evaluating Emotional Support Dialogue Systems in Worst-Case Interactions},
  author = {Jiajie Yang and Yangchun Li and Guanyi Chen and Rui Fan and Xin Bai and Tingting He},
  year = {2026},
  eprint = {2605.28228},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.28228},
}