Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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893543 | Personality and Individual Differences | 2006 | 11 Pages |
Abstract
Two studies considered clinical personality correlates of celebrity worship. In Study 1, factor analysis of the Celebrity Attitude Scale suggested an improved measure of a three-dimensional model of celebrity worship. In Study 2 this model was examined within a clinical personality context. Celebrity worship for intense-personal reasons was significantly correlated with fantasy proneness, and celebrity worship for borderline-pathological reasons was significantly correlated with fantasy proneness and dissociation. The present findings show how intense and higher levels of celebrity worship can be considered within clinical personality dimensions.
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Authors
John Maltby, Liza Day, Lynn E. McCutcheon, James Houran, Diane Ashe,