Celebrity Admiration Scale: Psychometric Properties

CAS has been shown to have good psychometric properties over the course of several studies [6 (link), 8 (link), 9 , 11 , 24 (link), 25 (link)]. It consists of 23 items. The response format for the CAS is a 5-point scale, ranging from 1(strongly disagree) to 5(strongly agree). The CAS measures three dimensions of celebrity admiration that emerged from factor analysis [10 ]. The first subscale is entertainment-social (10 items; e.g., “My friends and I like to discuss what my favorite celebrity has done, alpha = .83), intense-personal (9 items; e.g., “I have frequent thoughts about my favorite celebrity, even when I don’t want to,” alpha = .89), and borderline pathological (4 items; e.g., “I often feel compelled to learn the personal habits of my favorite celebrity;” alpha = .72). High scores on each subscale suggest a person who is strongly attached to a favorite celebrity. Across several studies total scale Cronbach’s alpha values ranged from .84 to .94 [10 ]. Cronbach’s alpha for the CAS in the current study was .89, .87 and .66 for the entertainment-social, intense-personal and borderline pathological subscales respectively. Cronbach’s alpha for the whole CAS was .93.

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Wong M.M., McCutcheon L.E., Rodefer J.S, & Carter K. (2023). Predicting the stalking of celebrities from measures of persistent pursuit and threat directed toward celebrities, sensation seeking and celebrity worship. PLOS ONE, 18(3), e0281551.

Publication 2023

Celebrity Feel Friends Psychometric Thoughts

Corresponding Organization : Idaho State University

Other organizations : Mercer University, Emory University

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Three dimensions of celebrity admiration that emerged from factor analysis: entertainment-social (10 items), intense-personal (9 items), and borderline pathological (4 items)

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