Celebrity worship, cognitive flexibility, and social complexity

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...

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Published in:Personality and individual differences 2004-11, Vol.37 (7), p.1475-1482
Main Authors: Maltby, John, Day, Liz, McCutcheon, Lynn E., Martin, Matthew M., Cayanus, Jacob L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adults
Attitude
Attitudes
Biological and medical sciences
Celebrities
Celebrity worship
Cognitive
Cognitive aspects
Cognitive flexibility
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Mass media
Personality traits
Personality. Affectivity
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Social complexity
Social factors
Worship
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Summary: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, borderline–pathological celebrity worship, cognitive flexibility and social complexity. Findings suggest that cognitive flexibility predicts unique variance in intense–personal aspects of celebrity worship. These findings help researchers to further conceptualise and understand the individual who follows a celebrity in an intense and personal way.
ISSN:0191-8869
1873-3549
DOI:10.1016/j.paid.2004.02.004