Attributional style, self-esteem, and celebrity worship
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 p...
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| author | North, Adrian Sheridan, Lorraine Maltby, J. Gillet, R. |
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| description | 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 globalattributions; 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. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-386652017-09-13T14:19:00Z Attributional style, self-esteem, and celebrity worship North, Adrian Sheridan, Lorraine Maltby, J. Gillet, R. 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 globalattributions; 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. 2007 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/38665 10.1080/15213260701285975 Routledge fulltext |
| spellingShingle | North, Adrian Sheridan, Lorraine Maltby, J. Gillet, R. Attributional style, self-esteem, and celebrity worship |
| title | Attributional style, self-esteem, and celebrity worship |
| title_full | Attributional style, self-esteem, and celebrity worship |
| title_fullStr | Attributional style, self-esteem, and celebrity worship |
| title_full_unstemmed | Attributional style, self-esteem, and celebrity worship |
| title_short | Attributional style, self-esteem, and celebrity worship |
| title_sort | attributional style, self-esteem, and celebrity worship |
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