Extreme celebrity worship, fantasy proneness and dissociation: Developing the measurement and understanding of celebrity worship within a clinical personality context

By John Maltby, L. Day, L. McCutcheon, J. Houran, Diane D. Ashe. 2006

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Subfields: Cultural Studies, Literature and Literary Theory, Sociology and Political Science

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• Fan Behavior and Lifespan Development Theory: Explaining Para-social and Social Attachment to Celebrities (2011, background): “ Maltby et al. 2006 ) with respect to what they call ‘‘celebrity worship’’ being a potential sign of poor mental health.”
• FANatics: Systematic literature review of factors associated with celebrity worship, and suggested directions for future research (2018, background): “and McCutcheon (2001) found a weak positive correlation between CW and shyness, which did not reach statistical significance.”