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Perceived social support and parasocial relatiosnhip among the fans of celebreties / 6 6 Rich Antoinette B. Billones. - - - 67 pp. 28 cm. - - - - - . - . - 0 . - . - 0 .

Undergradaute Thesis: (B.S. Psychology) - Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila, 2018.





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ABSTRACT: Parasocial relationship is defined as a one-sided relationship between an individual and a media performer (or persona) wherein the latter is unaware of the former's existence and perceived social support is the belief of an individual that the social support is available and is received as what and how one needed it. The objectives of this study are to know the levels of parasocial relationship and perceived social support, from real life relationships, among the identified fans of celebrities and also the relationship between the two variables. 100 respondents participated by answering the disseminated questionnaires through online that were adapted by the researcher - the Celebrity Attitude Scale (CAS) and Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS). After analysis, it was found out that most of the fans levels of parasocial relationship are on the Entertainment-Social level and their perceived social support from real relationships are adequate wherein the highest is from the friends, significant other and then family. It was also determined using the Pearson correlation treatment that there is a significant positive moderate relationship between parasocial relationship and perceived social support. Evidently, among the dimensions of CAS, Entertainment Social (ES) yield the highest correlation coefficient compared to the other two - Intense Personal (IP) and Borderline Pathological (BP) dimensions.













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