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Predicting the stalking of celebrities from measures of persistent pursuit and threat directed toward celebrities, sensation seeking and celebrity worship

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  • Maria M Wong
  • Lynn E McCutcheon
  • Joshua S Rodefer
  • Kenneth Carter

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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.

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  • Maria M Wong & Lynn E McCutcheon & Joshua S Rodefer & Kenneth Carter, 2023. "Predicting the stalking of celebrities from measures of persistent pursuit and threat directed toward celebrities, sensation seeking and celebrity worship," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 18(3), pages 1-11, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0281551
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0281551
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    1. James Griffith & Mara Aruguete & Jeanne Edman & Thomas Green & Lynn McCutcheon, 2013. "The Temporal Stability of the Tendency to Worship Celebrities," SAGE Open, , vol. 3(2), pages 21582440134, June.
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