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An introverted nature and lack of meaningful relationships among celebrity worshippers ‘‘facilitate psychological absorption in an attempt to establish an identity and a sense of fulfilment. We further propose that the dynamics of the motivational forces driving this absorption resemble those of addiction.’’
Absorption is conceptualized as an effortless focusing of total attention, in this case focused on a favourite celebrity. This leads to a heightened sense of reality, which in turn is said to feed erroneous beliefs that the celebrity worshipper and the focus of his or her attention have a special connection.
The worshipper may then engage in more and more extreme behaviours in order to increase his or her knowledge of and feelings of proximity to the favoured celebrity. The most extreme form of celebrity worship encompasses obsessive compulsive and even delusional aspects. For instance, the worshipper may believe that they are involved in a reciprocal, extant relationship with their favourite celebrity. The addictive element involves increases in the thresholds of need and capacity for psychological absorption.
That is, thoughts or behaviours that initially satisfied an individual’s need for absorption do so no longer, prompting him or her to engage in more powerful dissociative behaviours in order to maintain a feeling of intimacy with the celebrity.
Rather than seeking positive role models or heroes, pathological worshippers are drawn to more entertaining, even anti-social, celebrities. Imitating these celebrities can have negative consequences for the worshipper.
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