Article: Celebrity worship an addiction that leads to danger, researchers warn.(News)

Article: Look who's stalking: a new twist in the cult of celebrity: ...
Marketing Week;  August 21, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... psychiatrist at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, came together ... world over. They call it Celebrity Worship Syndrome (CWS), and ... create a syndrome such as Celebrity Worship and add, as McCutcheon ... afflicted by Reflex Cognitive Celebrity Worship ...

Article: CELEBRITY WORSHIP CAN MAKE 10% ILL.(News)
The Mirror (London, England);  August 14, 2003 ;     454 words ... ... About a third of people are suffering from some degree of Celebrity Worship Syndrome, scientists said yesterday. Sufferers may believe ... in Florida, and Dr James Houran, of Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, quizzed more than 600 people, says New Scientist ...

Article: Personality and coping: a context for examining celebrity ...
British Journal of Psychology;  November 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... growing evidence to suggest that celebrity worship may be of interest to psychologists ... Lange, & Houran, 2002), and celebrity worship shares a negative association with ... McCutcheon, 2002). However, celebrity worship does not appear to be related to ...

Article: Conceptualization and measurement of celebrity ...
British Journal of Psychology;  February 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... Rense Lange (2) James Houran (3) Celebrity worship has been conceptualized as having ... completed items modelled after existing celebrity worship questionnaires. A subset of 17 unidimensional ... gender. This subset was dubbed the Celebrity Worship Scale (CWS). The items also showed ...

Article: CELEBRITY WORSHIP MAY SIGNAL MORE PROBLEMS
United Press International;  March 1, 2004 ;     316 words ... ... Press International 03-01-2004 Celebrity worship may signal more problems LEICESTER ... found teens who experience intense celebrity worship may suffer from psychological problems ... News Online Monday. "Their intense celebrity worship may be indicative of some relationship ...

Article: Do you suffer from Celebrity Worship Syndrome?; ...
The Daily Mail (London, England);  April 14, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... newlyidentified psychological condition: Celebrity Worship Syndrome (CWS). One in three people ... University of Leicester, who used a celebrity worship scale to rate the problems, found ... that many people do not engage in celebrity worship for mere entertainment. 'Rather ...

Article: A PLAGUE OF CELEBRITY MANIA: Cult of celebrity ...
CCPA Monitor;  June 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... behaviour has a name. It's called "celebrity worship syndrome" (CWS), an obsessive ... television executive Jon Katz said: "Celebrity worship is akin to a national religion in ... motivations, goals, and priorities. Celebrity worship first emerged in the 1880s when the ...