This study examined social and parasocial interaction from interpersonal attribution
perspectives. Parasocial interaction is a perceived interpersonal relationship on the part of a�…

The parasocial interaction relationship development process was explored by applying
principles of uncertainty reduction theory. Results suggested that parasocial relationship�…

Abstract The present 4 studies (640 undergraduates, 27 graduate students, 15 faculty
members) employed a more differentiated response format than has previously been used�…

This study supports the refinement of the concept of parasocial interaction (PSI) to apply to
mediated personae that viewers might dislike. By contrast, traditional approaches have�…

This research examined several factors hypothesized to influence the actor-observer effect
(AOE). Participants engaged in 3 successive dyadic interactions; after each interaction, they�…

The study examined the relationship of interpersonal homophily and self‐esteem with the
development of parasocial interaction.“Attitude”; homophily was found to be the strongest�…

Previous attitude-attribution studies indicate that people are often quick to draw conclusions
about the attitudes and personalities of others-even when plausible external or situational�…

This study examined the attributions of Ss high (HSEs) and low (LSEs) in self-esteem in
contexts where (a) they were low or high in the motivation to make a positive impression on�…

Subjects received help from a confederate that either was or was not situationally facilitated.
Half of the subjects then rated the confederate's prosocial dispositional qualities, while the�…

This study examined the relation between Attributional Complexity and the correspondence
bias: the tendency to assign dispositions that are congruent with behavior that is performed�…