Is doomscrolling related to celebrity worship? A cross-cultural study
McCutcheon LE, Hwang H, Mokhtari Chirani B, Shabahang R, Aruguete MS, Thomas EF
International journal of psychology : Journal international de psychologie · 0 citations
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- Cross-sectional study (classified by our AI screen)
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- Health markers and function
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- 2024-06-24 · Int J Psychol · vol. 59 · issue 6 · pp. 885–890
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- Wiley
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- 11 citations · more than 97% of similar papers · 8.3× the field average
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- Top 10% most cited in its field
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- 31 works
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- Research areas
- Impact of Technology on Adolescents · Media Influence and Health · Digital Marketing and Social Media
- Keywords
- celebrity worship, behavioral addiction, future anxiety, psychological well-being, university students, cross-cultural comparison, Iran, United States
- MeSH
- humans, behavior, addictive, religion and psychology, psychometrics, cross-cultural comparison, students, famous persons, adolescent, adult, united states, iran, female, male, young adult, social media
6 authors
From US, IR, AU
- Lynn E. McCutcheon
- Hyeyeon HwangUniversity of Central Missouri
- Benyamin Mokhtari ChiraniUniversity of Guilan
- Reza Shabahang · correspondingFlinders University
- Mara S. ArugueteLincoln University - Missouri
- Emma F. ThomasFlinders University
Abstract
Building upon evidence supporting the co-occurrence of behavioural addictions, this study delved into the relationship between social media doomscrolling and celebrity worship among university student social media users in Iran and the United States. Objectives were threefold: (a) provide psychometric support for the Social Media Doomscrolling Scale (SMDS), (b) examine psychological correlates of doomscrolling and celebrity worship, and (c) explore the relationship between doomscrolling and celebrity worship. The SMDS demonstrated good psychometric properties in the US sample, like the original study of the SMDS conducted in an Iranian sample. Doomscrolling showed a positive association with future anxiety and a negative association with psychological well-being in both US and Iranian samples. Celebrity worship was positively linked with future anxiety in the Iranian and US samples. A positive correlation emerged between doomscrolling and celebrity worship in both the US and Iranian samples. This cross-cultural study offers preliminary evidence for the co-occurrence of two emerging media-related behavioural addictions.
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