Abstract One of the psychological responses to audiovisual fictions that has been receiving more attention recently is appreciation, defined as a reflexive eudaimonic gratification obtained from a meaningful entertainment mode. Appreciation is the perception that the media experience has a profound meaning, has taught or revealed something. This study seeks to advance on the understanding of appreciation by youngsters. It translates and adapts the Oliver and Bartsch’s questionnaire for teenagers of three European countries. A total of 213 Italians, 55 Spaniards and 42 Germans watched a drama film and immediately afterwards answered the questionnaire. The results of confirmatory factor analysis suggest the existence of four first-order factors for each country. The multi-group analysis shows the questionnaire is not invariant across groups. Thus, the concept of appreciation in its current formulation is not universal. Instead, it seems to be dependent on the cultural aspects of the audience. This article discusses the implications of such results for the understanding of appreciation and of teenagers’ media responses. It also reports mean comparisons for the invariant parameters.

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了解德国，意大利和西班牙青少年的欣赏

摘要对视听小说的一种心理反应是近来受到关注的，它是欣赏，这是一种从有意义的娱乐方式中获得的反身的自我满足。欣赏是一种媒体体验具有深远意义，已经教过或揭示了一些东西的感觉。这项研究旨在增进对青少年欣赏的理解。它为三个欧洲国家的青少年翻译和改编了Oliver和Bartsch的问卷。总共213位意大利人，55位西班牙人和42位德国人观看了戏剧电影，并随后回答了问卷。验证性因素分析的结果表明，每个国家存在四个一级因素。多组分析表明，问卷在各组之间不是不变的。从而，当前的升值概念并不普遍。相反，它似乎取决于观众的文化方面。本文讨论了这样的结果对于理解欣赏和青少年媒体反应的意义。它还报告了不变参数的均值比较。