Department of Psychology, Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America.
North American Journal of Psychology, Winter Garden, Florida, United States of America.
PLoS One. 2023 Mar 1;18(3):e0281551. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0281551. eCollection 2023.
The stalking of celebrities is a serious issue for thousands of celebrities worldwide who are occasionally confronted by fans who merit the label "fanatic." We administered measures of obnoxious celebrity stalking, celebrity worship, persistent pursuit of celebrities, threat directed toward celebrities, boredom susceptibility, disinhibition, experience seeking, thrill and adventure seeking, relationship styles, and anger to 596 college students from the U.S.A. We developed a model consisting of all but the latter five measures that successfully predicted actual obnoxious stalking behaviors of celebrities. Our results partially replicate earlier research and presents some new findings. Individuals who have personal thoughts about their favorite celebrity frequently, feel compelled to learn more about them, pursue them consistently, threatened to harm them and were prone to boredom were more likely to engage in celebrity stalking. Controlling for these predictors, individuals who admire their favorite celebrity almost exclusively because of their ability to entertain were less likely to engage in celebrity stalking.
对全球成千上万的名人来说，名人追踪是一个严重的问题，他们偶尔会遇到被贴上“狂热粉丝”标签的粉丝。我们对 596 名来自美国的大学生进行了讨厌的名人追踪、名人崇拜、对名人的持续追求、针对名人的威胁、无聊易感性、去抑制、寻求体验、寻求刺激和冒险、人际关系风格和愤怒的测量。我们开发了一个模型，其中包含除后五个措施之外的所有措施，该模型成功预测了名人实际的讨厌的跟踪行为。我们的研究结果部分复制了早期的研究结果，并提出了一些新的发现。经常对自己喜欢的名人有个人想法，觉得有必要更多地了解他们，一直追求他们，威胁要伤害他们，而且容易感到无聊的人更有可能对名人进行跟踪。控制这些预测因素后，那些因为名人的娱乐能力而几乎完全崇拜他们的人不太可能对名人进行跟踪。
