@article{ref1,
title="Parasocial relationships and self‐discrepancies: Faux relationships have benefits for low self‐esteem individuals",
journal="Personal Relationships",
year="2008",
author="Derrick, Jaye L. and Gabriel, Shira and Tippin, Brooke",
volume="15",
number="2",
pages="261-280",
abstract="The current research proposes that low self-esteem people can use parasocial relationships to experience movement toward the ideal self, a benefit they may miss in real relationships. In Study 1, low self-esteem undergraduate psychology students at a public university in the United States felt closest to celebrities who were similar to their ideal self. In Study 2, low self-esteem college students primed with their favorite celebrity became more similar to their ideal selves. In Study 3, low self-esteem college students primed with their favorite celebrity, but not a close relationship partner, became more similar to their ideal selves. Results are discussed in terms of the implications for parasocial relationships, self-esteem, and the flexibility of the need to belong.<p />",
language="",
issn="1350-4126",
doi="10.1111/j.1475-6811.2008.00197.x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-6811.2008.00197.x"
}