Boundary functioning in celebrity worshippers

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 237-248

  Houran, James ^a,b   Navik, Samir ^c   Zerrusen, Keeli ^d  

^a TRUEBeginnings   (United States)

^b Integrated Knowledge Systems   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^d EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorption; Boundary Questionnaire; Celebrity worship; Mental boundaries; Transliminality

Indexed keywords

EID: 8344234960     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2004.04.014     Document Type: Article

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