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The current experimental study (N = 88) investigated the short-term effect of a popular teenage movie on early adolescent girls’ beliefs about romantic relationships, with particular attention to the moderating role of parasocial interaction with media characters and age. The results indicated that 11–14-year-old girls with higher levels of parasocial interaction were more inclined to endorse idealistic romantic beliefs after watching High School Musical. In addition, the effect of watching a romantic movie decreased with increasing age. The present study provides further insight into the causal order of the relationship between romantic media use and romantic beliefs and warrants attention to girls’ consumption of unrealistic romantic media contents.
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