1Institute of Psychology, Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Budapest, Hungary.
2Institute of Psychology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary.
J Behav Addict. 2024 Apr 18;13(2):463-472. doi: 10.1556/2006.2024.00019. Print 2024 Jun 26.
Celebrity worship, defined as an excessive admiration towards celebrities, has generated considerable research and public interest. A widely used assessment instrument to measure celebrity worship is the 23-item Celebrity Attitude Scale. However, concerns have been raised regarding the measurement, including the inconsistent factor structure and lack of a cut-off point to identify "celebrity worshipers". The present study aims to address these concerns by testing the psychometric appropriateness of a short, 7-item version of the CAS (i.e., CAS-7) and estimating the prevalence of individuals with high-level celebrity admiration using a representative sample of Hungarian adults (between 18 and 64 years of age) according to gender, age, geographic location, and size of residence.
The total sample comprised 2028 respondents, of which 769 valid responses were administered from participants who reported having a favorite celebrity (51.11% men, Mage = 36.38 years, SD = 13.36).
Results indicated an excellent model fit for the two-factor and bifactor model of the CAS-7. Based on the suggested cut-off score of 26, the prevalence of high-level celebrity admiration is 4.53% in the Hungarian adult population (18-64 years of age) and 8.51% among young adults (18-34 years of age). Individuals with this high level of admiration towards a favorite celebrity reported more symptoms of problematic Internet use, depression, anxiety, and stress than individuals with general celebrity admiration levels.
The CAS-7 demonstrated sound psychometric properties, confirming its applicability in research and practice.
名人崇拜，即对名人的过度崇拜，已经引起了相当多的研究和公众关注。一种广泛使用的评估工具来衡量名人崇拜是 23 项名人态度量表。然而，人们对该测量方法提出了一些担忧，包括不一致的因素结构和缺乏确定“名人崇拜者”的截止点。本研究旨在通过测试短版、7 项的 CAS（即 CAS-7）的心理测量适宜性，并根据性别、年龄、地理位置和居住规模，用代表性的匈牙利成年人样本（18 至 64 岁）来估计具有高水平名人崇拜的个体的患病率来解决这些问题。
总样本包括 2028 名受访者，其中 769 名有效应答者是从报告有喜爱名人的参与者中获得的（51.11%为男性，Mage=36.38 岁，SD=13.36）。
结果表明，CAS-7 的两因素和双因素模型具有极好的模型拟合度。根据建议的 26 分截止分数，高水平名人崇拜的患病率在匈牙利成年人口（18-64 岁）中为 4.53%，在年轻成年人（18-34 岁）中为 8.51%。与具有一般名人崇拜水平的个体相比，对喜爱名人有这种高度崇拜的个体报告了更多的网络使用问题、抑郁、焦虑和压力症状。
CAS-7 表现出良好的心理测量特性，证实了其在研究和实践中的适用性。
