Idolizing Sports Celebrities: A Gateway to Psychopathology

Because celebrity worship may lead to violence, fans who seek contact with their favorite celebrities are often viewed as dubious, disturbed, and hostile (Ferris, 2001). Through over-identification or dissociation with sports idols, celebrity worship can cause a loss of self (McCutcheon, Lange, & Houran, 2002) that can evoke episodic violence ... ................
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