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The Need To Belong And Parasocial Relationship  Among Young Adults With Absentee Parents

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Musramar Abdurajik , Hind Jacaria , Wasima Mohammad
Psych Educ Multidisc J, 2024, 16 (10), 1077-1095, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10619984, ISSN 2822-4353
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Abstract

This study aimed to analyze the parasocial relationship that can built between the media and its viewers specifically those young adults with absentee parents. This study utilized the quantitative approach and focused on the correlational research design. This study has its total of 30 young adults respondents from Western Mindanao State University between 18-40 years of age. Moreover, the Multidimensional Measure of Para-social Relationships (MMPR) is being employed to measure how the respondents perceived the media figures. The results showed that in a group mean of 3.28, it can be interpreted that the respondents have high engagement in the affective dimension of parasocial relationship while on the behavioral dimension, it has a lower engagement with the total average mean of 2.42. On the cognitive dimension, the young adults with absentee parents has its strong engagement with a total mean of 3.13 and on the decisional dimension, it has a total mean score of 3.07 which interpreted as a high level of engagement. Therefore, this study concludes that the young adults with absentee parents is much engaged in para-social relationships in all different dimensions.

Keywords young adult Parasocial Relationship Absentee Parents Multidimensional Measure different dimensions
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This paper Western Mindanao State University — Philippines Western Mindanao State … 3 authors Musramar Abdurajik — corresponding author MA Musramar Abdurajik ✉ Hind Jacaria HJ Hind Jacaria Wasima Mohammad WM Wasima Mohammad

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Bibliographic Information

Musramar Abdurajik, Hind Jacaria, Wasima Mohammad, (2024). The Need To Belong And Parasocial Relationship  Among Young Adults With Absentee Parents, Psychology and Education: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 16(10): 1077-1095
Bibtex Citation
@article{musramar_abdurajik2024pemj,
author = {Musramar Abdurajik and Hind Jacaria and Wasima Mohammad},
title = {The Need To Belong And Parasocial Relationship Among Young Adults With Absentee Parents},
journal = {Psychology and Education: A Multidisciplinary Journal},
year = {2024},
volume = {16},
number = {10},
pages = {1077-1095},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.10619984},
url = {https://scimatic.org/show_manuscript/2485}
}
APA Citation
Abdurajik, M., Jacaria, H., Mohammad, W., (2024). The Need To Belong And Parasocial Relationship  Among Young Adults With Absentee Parents. Psychology and Education: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 16(10), 1077-1095. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10619984

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