Celebrity Worship: Celebrity Attitude Scale Flashcards
Who developed the CAS? What are the % within this?
McCutcheon 2002, Maltby 2004: 5% intense personal, 2% borderline pathological
What is the life of a celebrity worshipper?
obsessive behaviour, life taken up with celeb, show characteristics from intense personal dimension of CAS: extreme parasocial bereavement, celeb seen as soul mate
What can celebrity worshipping lead to?
borderline pathological behaviour: feeling compelled to learn details of celeb’s life
What validity does the CAS possess/not posses?
no ecological or internal/external, has predictive and concurrent
What are the 3 dimensions of Eysenck’s personality theory?
extroversion, neuroticism and psychoticism
What part of the CAS reflects extroversion?
entertainment-social dimension (sociable, lively, sensation seeking)
What part of the CAS relates to neuroticism?
intense personal (anxious, emotional, moody)
What part of the CAS related to psychoticism?
borderline pathological (antisocial, solitary, troublesome)
What kind of validity does Eysensk’s personal dimensions show?
discriminant validity: the dimensions are independent of each other and other factors like intelligence
What evidence has found correlations between Eysenck and CAS?
Maltby 2003: 0.3 between extro and entertainment s.
- 3 between neuro and IP
- 2 between psycho and b-p
Who conducted research into CAS and movies watched?
Ashe and McCutcheon 2001: found CAS scores correlated with self-reported number of movies watched per week
What is an alpha reliability coefficient?
measure of internal reliability of a scale, score of 0.7 acceptable, closer to 1 = better
What alpha reliability coefficients were found for the part of the CAS scale?
McCutcheon 2006: ES: 0.9, IP: 0.8, BP: 0.7
