Attributional Style, Self-Esteem, and Celebrity Worship
Titel:
Attributional Style, Self-Esteem, and Celebrity Worship
Auteur:
North, Adrian C. Sheridan, Lorraine Maltby, John Gillett, Raphael
Verschenen in:
Media psychology
Paginering:
Jaargang 9 (2007) nr. 2 pagina's 291-308
Jaar:
2007-04-13
Inhoud:
Two studies were carried out to investigate the relationship between attributional style (Study 1), self-esteem (Study 2), and different forms of celebrity worship. Entertainment social celebrity worship (the most normal form considered) was unrelated to attributional style or self-esteem; intense personal celebrity worship was related positively to self-esteem but also to a propensity toward stable and global attributions; and borderline pathological celebrity worship (the most negative form considered) was related to external, stable, and global attributions. These results were independent of whether participants were located in Europe or North America, and are discussed in terms of whether celebrity worship should be regarded as positive or negative and as a unitary concept.