Para-romantic love and para-friendships: Development and assessment of a multiple-parasocial relationships scale

R Tukachinsky - 2010 - digitalcommons.chapman.edu
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Parasocial-relationships (PSR) are viewers' imaginary relationships with media personae.
Despite the growing body of research on PSR, the field is still lacking a clear
conceptualization and precise measure of this phenomenon. The present study suggests a
novel theorization of PSR as para-friendship and para-love. Study 1 demonstrates construct
validity of a new Multiple-PSR scale using the logic of a multi-trait multi-method approach.
Study 2 replicates the factorial solution using confirmatory factor analysis. Finally, Study 3�…
Abstract
Parasocial-relationships (PSR) are viewers' imaginary relationships with media personae. Despite the growing body of research on PSR, the field is still lacking a clear conceptualization and precise measure of this phenomenon. The present study suggests a novel theorization of PSR as para-friendship and para-love. Study 1 demonstrates construct validity of a new Multiple-PSR scale using the logic of a multi-trait multi-method approach. Study 2 replicates the factorial solution using confirmatory factor analysis. Finally, Study 3 provides evidence for the criterion validity of the scales. Together, these findings suggest that PSR encompass several types of relationships that might mediate different media effects.
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