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Celebrity Worship Causing Some To Go Crazy
LONDON (Wireless Flash) -- Being a celebrity follower has its advantages and its downfalls.
A recent study by psychologists in England and the U.S. found that "celebrity worship syndrome" can do a person good or bad.
They found that people who have mild celebrity worship are more outgoing, happy and optimistic.
But on the darker side, fans who follow celebrities for intense-personal reasons are likely to be more depressed and anxious, while those who demonstrate high levels of sociopathic celebrity worship "may well be solitary, impulsive, anti-social and troublesome."
Researchers say one girl slit her wrists and neck and slipped into a hot bath after she read her favorite musician got engaged.
It sounds scary, but Dr. John Maltby of the University of Leicester says celebrity worship isn't necessarily a bad thing. He explains, "like many other behaviors, over-indulgence in one thing may not always be good for you."
http://www.ncbuy.com/news/wireless_news.html?qdate=2003-05-15&nav=VIEW&id=388V5O965HR030515
LONDON (Wireless Flash) -- Being a celebrity follower has its advantages and its downfalls.
A recent study by psychologists in England and the U.S. found that "celebrity worship syndrome" can do a person good or bad.
They found that people who have mild celebrity worship are more outgoing, happy and optimistic.
But on the darker side, fans who follow celebrities for intense-personal reasons are likely to be more depressed and anxious, while those who demonstrate high levels of sociopathic celebrity worship "may well be solitary, impulsive, anti-social and troublesome."
Researchers say one girl slit her wrists and neck and slipped into a hot bath after she read her favorite musician got engaged.
It sounds scary, but Dr. John Maltby of the University of Leicester says celebrity worship isn't necessarily a bad thing. He explains, "like many other behaviors, over-indulgence in one thing may not always be good for you."
http://www.ncbuy.com/news/wireless_news.html?qdate=2003-05-15&nav=VIEW&id=388V5O965HR030515