Extreme celebrity worship, fantasy proneness and dissociation: Developing the measurement and understanding of celebrity worship within a clinical personality context

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 273-283

  Maltby, John ^a   Day, Liza ^b   McCutcheon, Lynn E ^c   Houran, James ^d   Ashe, Diane ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c DEVRY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TRUEBeginnings   (United States)

^e Valencia Community College   (United States)

Author keywords

Celebrity; Clinical; Fantasy; Personality; Psychometrics

Indexed keywords

EID: 30344470518     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2005.07.004     Document Type: Article

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