Measuring Young Children’s Parasocial Relationships: The Stability of Parent Report Measures

Parent measures indicate that children’s parasocial relationships (PSRs) are multidimensional constructs. In this follow-up study, parent reports of children’s PSRs yielded three dimensions: attachment and character personification, social realism, and humanlike needs. This finding replicates previous research and indicates that dimensions remain stable when children dissolve and form new PSRs.