Parasocial relationship Evaluation

Flowchart nodes

• Parasocial relationships

• Absorption- Addiction model

• Attachment Theory

• Contradicting Research- McCutcheon

• Measured attachment type and celebrity related attitudes

• 299 P's of all three attachment types

• P's with INSECURE attachments were no more likely to form parasocial relationship that SECURE attachments 

• IAD- The sample size was very small

• Support for the A-A Model

• Correlation between level of celebrity worship and personality trait.

• Both pieces of research support the model- because of the correlation between level of celebrity worship and poor psychological functioning.

• Entertainment- Social - links with ExtraversionIntense-Personal- Links with NeuroticismBorderline-Pathological- Psychoticism

• Link between Celebrity worship and body image

• Tested male and female P's aged 14-16.

• Girls with intense-personal attachment to certain celebrities reported having poor body image.

• Methodological Issues

• Rely heavily on SELF-REPORT methods 

• This makes them vulnerable to several biases

• CORRELATION ANALYSIS

• Social Desirability Bias 

• Researches can't establish cause and effect- due to the lack of longitudinal research

• Problems with Research

• Relies heavily on Correlation analysis- so it can't be concluded that it has a definite affect

• It is better description of parasocial relationship than explanation