Death, attractivness, moral conduct, and attitudes to public figures

In this study, 2,894 participants rated attitudes toward their favorite public figure on the Celebrity Attitude Scale. It was noted whether each figure was alive or dead, and a panel of four independent judges assessed each in terms of their moral conduct and physical attractiveness. Dead figures ap...

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Main Authors: North, Adrian, Sheridan, Lorraine
Format: Journal Article
Published: Baywood Publishing Company Inc 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/38802
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description In this study, 2,894 participants rated attitudes toward their favorite public figure on the Celebrity Attitude Scale. It was noted whether each figure was alive or dead, and a panel of four independent judges assessed each in terms of their moral conduct and physical attractiveness. Dead figures appealed less and were subject to lower “intense personal” celebrity worship, and death was unrelated to “borderline pathological” and “deleterious imitation” celebrity worship. Physical attractiveness was positively related to overall celebrity worship and “intense personal” celebrity worship, but negativelyrelated to “borderline pathological” and “deleterious imitation” celebrity worship. Moral conduct was associated negatively with “deleterious imitation” celebrity worship. Results are discussed briefly in terms of their implications for research on physical attractiveness and “copycat suicide.”
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-388022017-09-13T14:15:46Z Death, attractivness, moral conduct, and attitudes to public figures North, Adrian Sheridan, Lorraine In this study, 2,894 participants rated attitudes toward their favorite public figure on the Celebrity Attitude Scale. It was noted whether each figure was alive or dead, and a panel of four independent judges assessed each in terms of their moral conduct and physical attractiveness. Dead figures appealed less and were subject to lower “intense personal” celebrity worship, and death was unrelated to “borderline pathological” and “deleterious imitation” celebrity worship. Physical attractiveness was positively related to overall celebrity worship and “intense personal” celebrity worship, but negativelyrelated to “borderline pathological” and “deleterious imitation” celebrity worship. Moral conduct was associated negatively with “deleterious imitation” celebrity worship. Results are discussed briefly in terms of their implications for research on physical attractiveness and “copycat suicide.” 2009 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/38802 10.2190/OM.60.4.c Baywood Publishing Company Inc restricted
spellingShingle North, Adrian
Sheridan, Lorraine
Death, attractivness, moral conduct, and attitudes to public figures
title Death, attractivness, moral conduct, and attitudes to public figures
title_full Death, attractivness, moral conduct, and attitudes to public figures
title_fullStr Death, attractivness, moral conduct, and attitudes to public figures
title_full_unstemmed Death, attractivness, moral conduct, and attitudes to public figures
title_short Death, attractivness, moral conduct, and attitudes to public figures
title_sort death, attractivness, moral conduct, and attitudes to public figures
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/38802