Although research acknowledges the existence of parasocial relationships, if these relationships are possible then, inevitably, these relationships will dissolve. The emotions associated with parasocial breakups, especially that of grieving, are vital to understanding the totality of relationships between spectators and sports figures. After the devastating death of NBA legend Kobe Bryant, a content analysis was used to explore the emotional and mental responses of grief posted on Reddit. The results suggest that sadness and shock were the most common responses of grief across Reddit threads, while the use of reminiscing and memorializing was also prevalent across both. Additionally, this study provides evidence to support the notion that like real relationships, emotional responses of grief like sadness dissipate over time, while other emotional responses like love increase. Thus, any study examining parasocial grieving must do so longitudinally as parasocial grief, like real grief, is a process not momentary.

尽管研究承认准社会关系的存在，但如果这些关系是可能的，那么这些关系将不可避免地消散。与准社会分手相关的情绪，尤其是悲伤的情绪，对于理解观众和体育人物之间的整体关系至关重要。在 NBA 传奇人物科比·布莱恩特惨死后，一项内容分析被用来探索 Reddit 上发布的悲伤的情绪和心理反应。结果表明，悲伤和震惊是 Reddit 线程中最常见的悲伤反应，而回忆和纪念的使用在两者中也很普遍。此外，这项研究提供了证据来支持这样一种观点，即像真实的关系一样，悲伤的情绪反应（如悲伤）会随着时间的推移而消散，而其他情感反应，如爱，则增加。因此，任何研究准社会悲伤的研究都必须纵向进行，因为准社会悲伤就像真正的悲伤一样，不是一时的过程。