%0 Journal Article
%T Idols as Sunshine or Road Signs: Comparing Absorption
%A Chau-kiu Cheung
%A Xiao Dong Yue
%J Psychological Reports
%@ 1558-691X
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/0033294118758903
%X This study seeks to contrast absorption-addiction idolatry and identification-emulation idolatry. Whereas absorption-addiction idolatry progresses from entertainment/socializing to personalizing and obsession about the idol, identification-emulation idolatry unfolds in terms of identification, attachment, romantization, idealization, and consumption about the idol or his or her derivatives. Based on a sample of 1310 secondary school and university students in Hong Kong, the study verified the original factor model composed of five first-order identification-emulation idolatry and three first-order absorption-addiction idolatry factors, with the latter more predictable by fansĄŻ club membership
%K Idolatry
%K fandom
%K identification
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0033294118758903