Research Into Celebrity Worship

Question 1

Maltby et al

Answer 1

5% intense-personal
2% borderline-pathological

Some fans spend a lot of time and money but function normally
Celebrity worshippers-extreme para social bereavement

Question 2

Eysenk

Answer 2

Personality theory
Entertainment-social = extra version
Intense personal = neuroticism
Borderline pathological = psychoticism

Question 3

McCutcheon

Answer 3

Celebrity attitude scale
1⃣entertainment-social
2⃣intense-personal
3⃣borderline-pathological