Attributional Style, Self-Esteem, and Celebrity Worship

Celebrity worship, addiction and criminality

Two studies assessed the relationship between celebrity worship and (i) addiction (n 1359) and (ii) criminality (n 2158). Overall Celebrity Attitude Scale (CAS) scores correlated positively with Eysenck Personality Questionnaire Revised (EPQ-R) Addiction and Criminality sub-scale scores. In further support of the absorption addiction model of celebrity worship (McCutcheon, Lange, & Houran, 2002...

Attributional Style, Depressive Features, and Self- Esteem: Adult Children of Alcoholic and Nonalcoholic Parents

Undergraduate adult children of alcoholics (ACOAs; N = 57) were compared to children of nonalcoholic parents (CONAs; N = 100) on measures of the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), self-esteem, and attributional style. ACOA status was determined using the Children of Alcoholics Screening Test (Jones, 1981). ACOAs were found to have significantly higher scores on the BDI and to have significantly l...

Attributional style and depression.

BACKGROUND Few studies have examined whether attributional style (an individual's explanation of why events happen) is a genetically influenced vulnerability factor for depression. AIMS To investigate whether attributional style is an enduring vulnerability trait for recurrent depression. METHOD As part of the Cardiff Depression Study, we interviewed 108 people with depression and their sib...

Attributional Style and Disability Outcome

Attributional Style and Disability Outcome

Disability is both a very personal and social issue. In 1999, The World Health Organization (WHO) published their latest revisions to the ICIDH-2. This document includes the latest conceptual developments in understanding the structure and process of disabling conditions. The document highlights that disability outcome occurs within a dynamic system characterized by the impairment itself, envir...