OBJECTIVES The aim of the present study was to examine the relationship between celebrity worship and body image within the theoretical perspective of intense para-social relationships with celebrities. DESIGN Correlation and multiple regression analyses were used to examine the relationships between celebrity worship and body image. METHOD Three samples, 229 (102 males and 127 females) ado...

This study sought to investigate the convergent validity of a new measure of body dissatisfaction, namely the Photographic Figure Rating Scale (PFRS), in relation to media influence, celebrity worship, the Big Five personality factors, and respondent weight status. A total of 401 female undergraduates completed a battery of scales consisting of the PFRS, the third revision of the Sociocultural ...

The author presents in this article an explanation for the beneficial psychic effects caused by the worship of Sri Chakra.

From its beginning, a critical part of Christianity has been the gathering of people worshipping together. By virtue of this activity, the “place” where they worship has become endowed with a symbolic form. Historically, when believers build their places of worship they have searched for a physical form capable of expressing this symbolic form. This form simultaneously reflects the specific cha...