Pathological public figure preoccupation: Its relationship with dissociation and absorption

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 525-535

  Sheridan, Lorraine ^a   Maltby, John ^a   Gillett, Raphael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Celebrity worship; Disassociation and absorption; Pathological; Stalking

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745748462     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2006.02.010     Document Type: Article

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