A large body of evidence suggests that some people have a strong, obsessive attachment to a favorite celebrity. The absorption-addiction model attempts to account for this extreme attachment, sometimes labeled “celebrity worship.” According to the model, a small portion of celebrity admirers (“celebrity worshipers”) become absorbed in the personal lives of celebrities to compensate for perceived personal or social deficiencies. The purpose of this study is to examine how the absorption-addiction model relates to broader psychological theories that include non-celebrity contexts. Specifically, we examine how the absorption-addiction model relates to three theories: empty-self theory, extremism theory, and the dualistic model of passion. Participants (N = 399; 77.94% women, Mage = 19.91 years, SD = 3.24) completed an online questionnaire measuring attraction to favorite celebrities. Constructs representing the three broader theories were compared to a measure of attraction to one’s favorite celebrity. Sense of emptiness, obsessive passion, and extremism were positively associated with celebrity attraction. The strongest association was found with extremism, though the effect was moderate. These findings suggest that extremism theory is the best fit of the three broader theories explaining celebrity worship, although its contribution to understanding celebrity worship is modest.

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名人崇拜的吸收-成瘾模型：寻找更广泛的理论基础

大量证据表明，有些人对最喜欢的名人有强烈的、痴迷的依恋。吸收成瘾模型试图解释这种极端依恋，有时被称为“名人崇拜”。根据该模型，一小部分名人崇拜者（“名人崇拜者”）会专注于名人的个人生活，以弥补他们认为的个人或社会缺陷。本研究的目的是检验吸收成瘾模型如何与包括非名人背景在内的更广泛的心理学理论相关。具体来说，我们研究了吸收成瘾模型如何与三种理论相关：空我理论、极端主义理论和激情的二元模型。参与者（N = 399；77.94% 为女性，Mage = 19.91 岁，SD = 3.24）完成了一份在线调查问卷，衡量对最喜欢的名人的吸引力。将代表三种更广泛理论的结构与人们对最喜欢的名人的吸引力的衡量标准进行了比较。空虚感、痴迷的激情和极端主义与名人吸引力呈正相关。与极端主义的关联性最强，但影响不大。这些发现表明，极端主义理论是解释名人崇拜的三种更广泛的理论中最适合的，尽管它对理解名人崇拜的贡献不大。