PSYCHOLOGICAL DETERMINANTS OF IDOLATRY IN ADOLESCENTS

Authors
CHENG ST
Citation
St. Cheng, PSYCHOLOGICAL DETERMINANTS OF IDOLATRY IN ADOLESCENTS, Adolescence, 32(127), 1997, pp. 687-692
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology, Developmental
Journal title
Adolescence → ACNP
ISSN journal
00018449
Volume
32
Issue
127
Year of publication
1997
Pages
687 - 692
Database
ISI
SICI code
0001-8449(1997)32:127<687:PDOIIA>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
The self-esteem and fear of negative evaluation of 77 fan-club members age 16 or below and 128 age-equivalent secondary school students who had never joined a fan club were investigated. Consistent with common observations, fan-club respondents were mostly females. Significant di fferences were found between the two samples. Logistic regression anal ysis showed that being a fan-club member was associated with poor self -esteem and strong fear of negative evaluation, while the bias toward females in the fan-club sample could be attributed to the effects of t hese two variables.