McCutcheon et al (2002) Flashcards
McCutcheon study date
2002
what did McCutcheon create?
The Celebrity Attitude Scale (CAS)
What is the Celebrity Attitude Scale based on?
results of a questionnaire
How many questions did the questionnaire have?
23
What was the questionnaire describing?
different aspects of celebrity worship
how many stages of The Celebrity Attitude Scale are there
three
the three stages of The Celebrity Attitudes Scale range from..
harmless fan to stalker
what are the three levels of parasocial relationships?
Entertainment-Social
Intense-Personal
Borderline Pathological
Entertainment-Social
where a relationship with a the celebrity exists as a source of fun, shared with others in a social group
Intense-Personal
obsessive thoughts begin to arise in the relation to the celebrity
Borderline Pathological
obsessive thoughts fight turn into fantasies and behaviors. its as this stage that stalking may begin