Intimate relationships and attitudes toward celebrities
Author(s) / Creator(s)
McCutcheon, Lynn E.
Gillen, Meghan M.
Browne, Blaine L.
Murtagh, Michael P.
Collisson, Brian
Abstract / Description
Previous research indicates that persons who self-report a high level of preoccupation with celebrities tend to have lower levels of well-being. We administered the “Romantic Partner Conflict Scale”, the “Love Attitudes Scale”, the soulmate subscale from the “Relationship Theories Questionnaire”, and the anxiety subscale from the “Experiences in Close Relationships Scale” to 330 students from four universities to see how well scores on these measures would predict scores on each of the three subscales from the “Celebrity Attitude Scale” (CAS). We predicted that persons whose scores on these measures of intimate relationships indicated a troubled, anxious, or poor quality relationship would have higher scores on the CAS, especially on its two problematic subscales. In three multiple regressions, specific measures of behavior during conflict with a romantic partner and certain love styles significantly predicted scores on all three of the CAS subscales. We discuss the implications of being a celebrity worshiper on one’s relationship with an intimate partner.
Keyword(s)
celebrity intimate relationships romanticPersistent Identifier
Date of first publication
2016-06-30
Journal title
Interpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships
Volume
10
Issue
1
Page numbers
77–89
Publisher
PsychOpen GOLD
Publication status
publishedVersion
Review status
peerReviewed
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Citation
McCutcheon, L. E., Gillen, M. M., Browne, B. L., Murtagh, M. P., & Collisson, B. (2016). Intimate relationships and attitudes toward celebrities. Interpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships, 10(1), 77–89. https://doi.org/10.5964/ijpr.v10i1.208
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Author(s) / Creator(s)McCutcheon, Lynn E.
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Gillen, Meghan M.
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Browne, Blaine L.
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Murtagh, Michael P.
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Collisson, Brian
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Date of first publication2016-06-30
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Abstract / DescriptionPrevious research indicates that persons who self-report a high level of preoccupation with celebrities tend to have lower levels of well-being. We administered the “Romantic Partner Conflict Scale”, the “Love Attitudes Scale”, the soulmate subscale from the “Relationship Theories Questionnaire”, and the anxiety subscale from the “Experiences in Close Relationships Scale” to 330 students from four universities to see how well scores on these measures would predict scores on each of the three subscales from the “Celebrity Attitude Scale” (CAS). We predicted that persons whose scores on these measures of intimate relationships indicated a troubled, anxious, or poor quality relationship would have higher scores on the CAS, especially on its two problematic subscales. In three multiple regressions, specific measures of behavior during conflict with a romantic partner and certain love styles significantly predicted scores on all three of the CAS subscales. We discuss the implications of being a celebrity worshiper on one’s relationship with an intimate partner.en_US
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Publication statuspublishedVersion
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Review statuspeerReviewed
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CitationMcCutcheon, L. E., Gillen, M. M., Browne, B. L., Murtagh, M. P., & Collisson, B. (2016). Intimate relationships and attitudes toward celebrities. Interpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships, 10(1), 77–89. https://doi.org/10.5964/ijpr.v10i1.208en_US
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ISSN1981-6472
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Persistent Identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/1741
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Persistent Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.2107
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Language of contenteng
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PublisherPsychOpen GOLD
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Is version ofhttps://doi.org/10.5964/ijpr.v10i1.208
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Keyword(s)celebrityen_US
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Keyword(s)intimate relationshipsen_US
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Keyword(s)romanticen_US
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Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)150
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TitleIntimate relationships and attitudes toward celebritiesen_US
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DRO typearticle
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Issue1
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Journal titleInterpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships
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Page numbers77–89
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Volume10
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