Personality and coping: a context for examining celebrity worship and mental health

MALTBY, J., DAY, L., MCCUTCHEON, L. E., GILLETT, R., HOURAN, J. and ASHE, D. D. (2004). Personality and coping: a context for examining celebrity worship and mental health. British journal of psychology, 95 (4), 411-428.

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Abstract

The adaptational-continuum model of personality and coping suggests a useful context for research areas that emphasize both personality and coping. The present paper used Ferguson's (2001) model integrating personality and coping factors to further conceptualize findings around celebrity worship. Three hundred and seventy-two respondents completed measures of celebrity worship, personality, coping style, general health, stress, positive and negative affect and life satisfaction. Celebrity worship for intense-personal reasons is associated with poorer mental heath and this relationship can be understood within the dimensions of neuroticism and a coping style that suggests disengagement. Such findings suggest the utility of examining the relationship between celebrity worship and mental health within both personality and coping variables, which have practical implications for understanding and addressing mental health problems that may occur as the result of engaging in celebrity worship for intense-personal reasons.

Item Type:	Article
Research Institute, Centre or Group - Does NOT include content added after October 2018:	Psychology Research Group
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.1348/0007126042369794
Page Range:	411-428
Depositing User:	Ann Betterton
Date Deposited:	18 Nov 2008
Last Modified:	19 Mar 2021 01:15
URI:	https://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/123

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