Maltby John, Day Liz, Giles David, Gillett Raphael, Quick Marianne, Langcaster-James Honey, Linley P Alex
School of Psychology, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK.
Br J Psychol. 2008 May;99(Pt 2):279-92. doi: 10.1348/000712607X226935. Epub 2007 Jul 13.
The aim of the present studies was to generate implicit theories of a desire for fame among the general population. In Study 1, we were able to develop a nine-factor analytic model of conceptions of the desire to be famous that initially comprised nine separate factors; ambition, meaning derived through comparison with others, psychologically vulnerable, attention seeking, conceitedness, social access, altruistic, positive affect, and glamour. Analysis that sought to examine replicability among these factors suggested that three factors (altruistic, positive affect, and glamour) neither display factor congruence nor display adequate internal reliability. A second study examined the validity of these factors in predicting profiles of individuals who may desire fame. The findings from this study suggested that two of the nine factors (positive affect and altruism) could not be considered strong factors within the model. Overall, the findings suggest that implicit theories of a desire for fame comprise six factors. The discussion focuses on how an implicit model of a desire for fame might progress into formal theories of a desire for fame.
本研究的目的是生成关于普通人群中对成名渴望的内隐理论。在研究1中，我们能够开发一个关于成名渴望概念的九因素分析模型，该模型最初包含九个独立因素：抱负、通过与他人比较获得的意义、心理脆弱、寻求关注、自负、社会交往、利他、积极情感和魅力。试图检验这些因素之间可重复性的分析表明，三个因素（利他、积极情感和魅力）既不显示因素一致性，也不显示足够的内部信度。第二项研究检验了这些因素在预测可能渴望成名的个体特征方面的有效性。该研究的结果表明，九个因素中的两个（积极情感和利他主义）在模型中不能被视为强有力的因素。总体而言，研究结果表明，对成名渴望的内隐理论包含六个因素。讨论集中在对成名渴望的内隐模型如何发展成为对成名渴望的形式理论。
