Adolescent girls' parasocial interactions with media figures

Journal of Genetic Psychology

Volumn 171, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 270-277

  Theran, Sally A ^a   Newberg, Emily M ^a   Gleason, Tracy R ^a  

^a WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescents; attachment; parasocial interactions; relationships

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EGO; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; IMAGINATION; INDIVIDUALIZATION; OBJECT RELATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SYMBOLISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; INDIVIDUATION; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MOTION PICTURES AS TOPIC; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PROJECTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REALITY TESTING; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SYMBOLISM; PSYCHOLOGY, ADOLESCENT;

EID: 77954708180     PISSN: 00221325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221325.2010.483700     Document Type: Article

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