School of Psychology, Shaanxi Normal University, 199 South Chang'an Road, Xi'an, 710062, China.
Yuncheng Central Hospital of Shanxi Province, Yuncheng, China.
BMC Psychol. 2023 Oct 31;11(1):364. doi: 10.1186/s40359-023-01405-x.
The Absorption-addiction model suggests that people worship celebrities to compensate for some personal or social defects, so poor mental state is related to celebrity worship. The current study aimed to explore the underlying mechanisms influencing celebrity worship. A total of 1,147 participants (aged 19-26 years) completed online questionnaires to assess social anxiety, mobile phone dependence, parental income and celebrity worship. Results showed that: (1) social anxiety, socioeconomic status (SES) and celebrity worship were positively correlated; (2) Social anxiety affected celebrity worship through mobile phone dependence; (3) SES played a moderating role in the mediation model. At higher levels of SES, individuals with high social anxiety showed reduced dependence on mobile phones. These findings highlight the importance of mobile phone dependence and family SES in celebrity worship. Additionally, the findings demonstrated that females are more likely to pay attention to celebrities, but the greater SES and reduced mobile phone dependence can mitigate their celebrity addiction.
吸收-成瘾模型表明，人们崇拜名人是为了弥补某些个人或社会缺陷，因此不良心理状态与名人崇拜有关。本研究旨在探讨影响名人崇拜的潜在机制。共有 1147 名参与者（年龄 19-26 岁）完成了在线问卷，以评估社交焦虑、手机依赖、父母收入和名人崇拜。结果表明：（1）社交焦虑、社会经济地位（SES）和名人崇拜呈正相关；（2）社交焦虑通过手机依赖影响名人崇拜；（3）SES 在中介模型中起调节作用。在 SES 较高的水平上，社交焦虑较高的个体对手机的依赖程度降低。这些发现强调了手机依赖和家庭 SES 在名人崇拜中的重要性。此外，研究结果表明，女性更容易关注名人，但 SES 较高和手机依赖程度降低可以减轻她们的名人成瘾。
