The Impact of Attachment on Enjoyment of Parasocial Relationships

• In Event: Parasocial Relationships

Abstract

This investigation offers more evidence that our social tendencies are connected to our para-social tendencies. A cross-sectional survey (N = 338) found that participants higher on attachment anxiety and avoidance feel they know someone in their real life similar to a disliked more than a liked television figure or personality. The strength and enjoyment of parasocial relationship was weaker when someone was high on attachment anxiety or avoidance and reported knowing someone in their real life that resembles the television figure or personality.

Authors

• Sarah F. Rosaen, U of Michigan - Flint

• Jayson L. Dibble, Hope College