An investigation of demographic correlates of the Celebrity Attitude Scale
Author(s) / Creator(s)
McCutcheon, Lynn
Aruguete, Mara S.
Jenkins, William
McCarley, Nancy
Yockey, Ronald
Abstract / Description
The Celebrity Attitude Scale (CAS) has been widely used in the last 15 years, but little is known about how ethnicity and socioeconomic status relate to scores on this scale. In the first of two studies, we showed that a sample of African-American college students had more favorable attitudes toward their favorite celebrities than a sample of White college students. However, there was no control for the possibility that the two samples were unequal with respect to socioeconomic status. The second study controlled for that possibility, and added samples of Hispanic and Asian college students. Results showed that African-American participants again had more favorable attitudes toward their favorite celebrities than Whites did, with Hispanic and Asian-American participants falling in between the two extremes. Socioeconomic status was unrelated to CAS scores. African-Americans tended to select African-American celebrities as their favorites, and Whites tended to choose Whites, with Hispanic and Asian-Americans showing no ethnic preferences. Strength of identification with one’s ethnic group was unrelated to ethnic concordance in choosing a favorite celebrity, but strength of identification with one’s ethnic group decreased as favorable attitudes toward one’s favorite celebrity increased. We discussed why African-American participants might report more attachment to their favorite celebrities than White participants.
Keyword(s)
celebrity attitudes Celebrity Attitude Scale ethnic differences socioeconomic status ethnic identificationPersistent Identifier
Date of first publication
2016-12-23
Journal title
Interpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships
Volume
10
Issue
2
Page numbers
161–170
Publisher
PsychOpen GOLD
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publishedVersion
Review status
peerReviewed
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McCutcheon, L., Aruguete, M. S., Jenkins, W., McCarley, N., & Yockey, R. (2016). An investigation of demographic correlates of the Celebrity Attitude Scale. Interpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships, 10(2), 161–170. https://doi.org/10.5964/ijpr.v10i2.218
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Author(s) / Creator(s)McCutcheon, Lynn
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Aruguete, Mara S.
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Jenkins, William
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Author(s) / Creator(s)McCarley, Nancy
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Yockey, Ronald
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Date of first publication2016-12-23
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Abstract / DescriptionThe Celebrity Attitude Scale (CAS) has been widely used in the last 15 years, but little is known about how ethnicity and socioeconomic status relate to scores on this scale. In the first of two studies, we showed that a sample of African-American college students had more favorable attitudes toward their favorite celebrities than a sample of White college students. However, there was no control for the possibility that the two samples were unequal with respect to socioeconomic status. The second study controlled for that possibility, and added samples of Hispanic and Asian college students. Results showed that African-American participants again had more favorable attitudes toward their favorite celebrities than Whites did, with Hispanic and Asian-American participants falling in between the two extremes. Socioeconomic status was unrelated to CAS scores. African-Americans tended to select African-American celebrities as their favorites, and Whites tended to choose Whites, with Hispanic and Asian-Americans showing no ethnic preferences. Strength of identification with one’s ethnic group was unrelated to ethnic concordance in choosing a favorite celebrity, but strength of identification with one’s ethnic group decreased as favorable attitudes toward one’s favorite celebrity increased. We discussed why African-American participants might report more attachment to their favorite celebrities than White participants.en_US
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Publication statuspublishedVersion
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Review statuspeerReviewed
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CitationMcCutcheon, L., Aruguete, M. S., Jenkins, W., McCarley, N., & Yockey, R. (2016). An investigation of demographic correlates of the Celebrity Attitude Scale. Interpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships, 10(2), 161–170. https://doi.org/10.5964/ijpr.v10i2.218en_US
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ISSN1981-6472
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Persistent Identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/1748
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Persistent Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.2114
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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.v10i2.218
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Keyword(s)celebrity attitudesen_US
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Keyword(s)Celebrity Attitude Scaleen_US
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Keyword(s)ethnic differencesen_US
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Keyword(s)socioeconomic statusen_US
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Keyword(s)ethnic identificationen_US
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Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)150
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TitleAn investigation of demographic correlates of the Celebrity Attitude Scaleen_US
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DRO typearticle
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Issue2
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Journal titleInterpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships
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Page numbers161–170
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Volume10
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