Parasocial relationships: absorption-addiction model

Question 1

McCutcheon et al

Answer 1

• correlation between amount of education and celebrity worship is -0.4
• the lower the education, the more intense the worship

Question 2

Maltby

Answer 2

• individuals in the entertainment social category were mentally healthy
• females aged 14-16 who had parasocial relationships with a female whose body shape they admired had poor body image

Question 3

Schmid and Klimmt

Answer 3

• tendency to form parasocial relationships is not culture specific
• online questionnaire: found similar levels of parasocial relationship attachments to Harry Potter in an individualistic culture (Germany) and a collectivist culture (Mexico)