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Celebrity Worship Among University Students in Malaysia [PDF]

open access: yesEuropean Psychologist, 2011
The present study examined conceptual issues surrounding celebrity worship in a Malay-speaking population. In total, 512 Malay and 269 Chinese participants from Malaysia indicated who their favorite celebrity was and completed the Celebrity Attitude Scale (CAS) as well as a range of demographic items.
Viren Swami, Tomáš Chamorro-Premuzic
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Thou shalt worship no other gods — unless they are celebrities: the relationship between celebrity worship and religious orientation

Personality and Individual Differences, 2002
Abstract The Celebrity Attitude Scale, Quest Scale, and the Age-Universal I-E scale-12 were given to 307 British participants in an attempt to provide further psychometric validation of the former and determine the relationship between celebrity worship and religiosity.
John Maltby, James Houran
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Celebrity Worship and Materialism: A Focus on Narcissism and Perceived Similarity With a Celebrity

International Journal of Psychology
ABSTRACT The current study further examined the relationship between celebrity worship, narcissism, and materialism. We also examined the extent to which one perceives themselves to be similar in some respect to their favourite celebrity correlates with the aforementioned variables.
Joshua L Williams, Lawrence Locker
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Digit ratio and celebrity worship

Personality and Individual Differences, 2012
Abstract The current study tested the hypothesis that digit ratios would be associated with celebrity worship, especially among adolescents. Our sample consisted of 45 male and 61 female participants aged 12–14 years (M = 13.20, SD = 0.71). We measured the digit ratios on the participants’ right hands and used the 23 items of the revised Celebrity ...
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Celebrity worship, cognitive flexibility, and social complexity

Personality and Individual Differences, 2004
Abstract To extend previous consideration of cognitive factors in celebrity worship, the aim of the present study was to examine the relationship between celebrity worship, cognitive flexibility and social complexity. Two samples of non-student (n=260) and student respondents (n=168) completed measures of entertainment–social, intense–personal ...
John Maltby, Liz Day, Matthew M Martin
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Is doomscrolling related to celebrity worship? A cross‐cultural study

International Journal of Psychology
Building upon evidence supporting the co‐occurrence of behavioural addictions, this study delved into the relationship between social media doomscrolling and celebrity worship among university student social media users in Iran and the United States. Objectives were threefold: (a) provide psychometric support for the Social Media Doomscrolling Scale ...
Benyamin Mokhtari Chirani   +2 more
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Acceptance of cosmetic surgery and celebrity worship: Evidence of associations among female undergraduates [PDF]

open access: yesPersonality and Individual Differences, 2009
The present study examined the association between acceptance of cosmetic surgery and celebrity worship in a sample of British female undergraduates.
Viren Swami
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