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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2009
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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 |