Personality - Everyday Context Flashcards
How is entertainment-social linked with personality/mental health?
extraversion and social support coping
How is intense-personal linked with personality/mental health?
neuroticism, denial behaviour and mental disengagement
How is borderline-pathological linked with personality/mental health?
psychoticism and alchohol/drug use
Who found these links between celeb worship and personality/mental health?
Maltby et al 2005
However, what is a argument against this link between celeb worship and mental health?
These celeb relationships may just reflect a persons approach to life and personality
What is an example of entertainment-social and personality type?
extraverts are outgoing and chatty so they incorporate celebs into their natural behaviour
What is an example of intense-personal and personality type?
neuroticism is linked to anxeity so they get involved with celebs and naturally worry about them, emphasise with them, feel the celebs feelings as their own
What is an example of borderline-pathological and personality type?
psychoticism is linked with a lack of feelings and disobeying rules - so they don’t understand that the celeb doesn’t feel the way that they do
What should be noted about borderline pathological?
it is rare so is less studied than ES and IP
How you worship celebs comes back to…
personality type
