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• who did research to support the model?

  Maltby et al
• What did Maltby et al find?


  a relationship between parasocial relationship level and body image in 14-16 year old males and females
• Maltby et al - what did females results?


  females who reported "intense - personal" parasocial rships with celebrities who are slim were linked with a poor body image and thus a precursor to them developing anorexia nervosa
• Maltby et al - findings therefore support what?


  the notion that there is a correlation between the level of intensity and poor psychological functioning (thus going on to develop anorexia)
• What else did Maltby et al do?


  used the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire- EPQ to assess the rship between celebrity worship and personality
• Maltby et al - EPQ results?


  the different levels of parasocial rships were associated with scoring more highly on aspected of his personal dimensions
• Maltby et al findings suggest what? EPQ study


  that involvement in parasocial relationships may relate to personality type
• example of Maltby et al finding - EPQ?


  extraverts were more likely to be at the entertainment social level