Department of Psychology, University of New Brunswick, Canada.
Psychol Rep. 2022 Jun;125(3):1457-1468. doi: 10.1177/00332941211002142. Epub 2021 Mar 25.
Anxiously attached individuals tend to report stronger parasocial relationships with their favorite media figures than people with other attachment orientations. Researchers have suggested that these individuals may be inclined to see their favorite media figures as safe and secure attachment figures. The purpose of the current study was to evaluate this possibility by assessing the qualities of people's favorite media figures, particularly within a television context. A sample of 200 online participants filled out an attachment measure, reported their favorite television figure, and rated several aspects of the television figure's personality. It was expected that anxiously attached individuals would be drawn to figures that are high in warmth, emotional stability, and sensitivity. Instead, results showed that these individuals preferred figures with greater anxious and insecure characteristics. These results suggest that anxiously attached individuals may not see their favorite media figures as safe and secure attachment figures as previously theorized. Exploratory analyses failed to show significant effects for the second attachment dimension, attachment avoidance, or for the interaction between anxiety and avoidance.
焦虑依恋个体往往报告与他们最喜欢的媒体人物之间存在更强的准社会关系，而不是与其他依恋取向的人。研究人员认为，这些人可能倾向于将他们最喜欢的媒体人物视为安全和可靠的依恋人物。本研究的目的是通过评估人们最喜欢的媒体人物的特质来评估这种可能性，特别是在电视背景下。200 名在线参与者填写了一份依恋量表，报告了他们最喜欢的电视人物，并对电视人物的几个个性特征进行了评价。研究人员预计，焦虑依恋个体倾向于选择温暖、情绪稳定和敏感的人物。然而，结果表明，这些人更喜欢具有更大焦虑和不安全感特征的人物。这些结果表明，焦虑依恋个体可能不像以前理论认为的那样，将他们最喜欢的媒体人物视为安全和可靠的依恋人物。探索性分析未能显示第二个依恋维度（回避依恋）或焦虑和回避之间的相互作用有显著影响。
