Why do adolescent girls idolize male celebrities?

Journal of Adolescent Research

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 263-283

  Engle, Yuna ^a,b   Kasser, Tim ^a  

^a KNOX COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent girls; Attachment; Celebrity idolization; Materialism

Indexed keywords

EID: 14544291552     PISSN: 07435584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0743558404273117     Document Type: Article

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