Adolescent Girls' Parasocial Interactions with Media Figures

Autor/inn/en	Theran, Sally A.; Newberg, Emily M.; Gleason, Tracy R.
Titel	Adolescent Girls' Parasocial Interactions with Media Figures
Quelle	In: Journal of Genetic Psychology, 171 (2010) 3, S.270-277 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-1325
Schlagwörter	Females; Adolescents; Attachment Behavior; Interpersonal Relationship; Grade 9; High School Students; Popular Culture; Adolescent Development + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Weibliches Geschlecht; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Attachment; Bindungsverhalten; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; School year 09; 9. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 09; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Popkultur
Abstract	We examined aspects of adolescent girls' parasocial interactions in the context of typical development. Parasocial interactions are defined as symbolic, one-sided quasi-interactions between a viewer and a media figure. In total, 107 adolescent girls were examined; 94% reported engaging in parasocial interactions to some degree. Preoccupied attachment style predicted the degree of involvement in and emotional intensity of parasocial interactions. Results suggest that parasocial interactions are characteristic of girls with preoccupied attachment, but are also part of normative development. (Contains 1 table.) (As Provided).
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