Celebrity worship among adolescents is driven by neuroticism, avoidant identity style, and need to belong

Pirzade, M, Peyvastegar, M and Griffiths, MD ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8880-6524, 2024. Celebrity worship among adolescents is driven by neuroticism, avoidant identity style, and need to belong. Journal of Genetic Psychology, 185 (6), pp. 463-476. ISSN 0022-1325

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Abstract

Media celebrities can exert significant influence on societal change, and adolescents are the most vulnerable population to such influence given that this is a period when personal identity-seeking starts to become increasingly important. However, there is a lack of research examining the factors that contribute to adolescents’ vulnerability to celebrity worship. The present study investigated the relationship between neuroticism, avoidant identity style, and celebrity worship among adolescents with a particular focus on mediating the role of the need to belong among a convenience sample of Iranian adolescents (N = 396; girls = 68%; age = 15.76 ± 1.99). Structural equation modeling showed that the association between avoidant identity style and celebrity worship was partially mediated by the need to belong, while the latter fully mediated the relationship between neuroticism and celebrity worship. The findings draw attention to the need to belong as an important factor underlying celebrity worship. Limitations and future directions are discussed.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	Journal of Genetic Psychology
Creators:	Pirzade, M., Peyvastegar, M. and Griffiths, M.D.
Publisher:	Informa UK Limited
Date:	31 March 2024
Volume:	185
Number:	6
ISSN:	0022-1325
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.1080/00221325.2024.2331731 DOI 1881479 Other
Rights:	This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in The Journal of Genetic Psychology on 31 March 2024, available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/00221325.2024.2331731
Divisions:	Schools > School of Social Sciences
Record created by:	Laura Ward
Date Added:	03 Apr 2024 10:15
Last Modified:	02 Oct 2024 12:22
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/51190

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