@article{ref1,
title="A lethal imitation game? Exploring links among psychoactive substance use,  self-harming behaviors and celebrity worship",
journal="Addictive behaviors reports",
year="2020",
author="Zsila, Ágnes and Orosz, Gabor and McCutcheon, Lynn E. and Demetrovics, Zsolt",
volume="12",
number="",
pages="e100319-e100319",
abstract="Recently, psychoactive substance use and suicidal behaviors have become general  themes in popular culture, raising concerns that celebrity admirers may have become  more affected in such health-risk behaviors. This study aimed to provide a more  nuanced understanding of the role of celebrity worship in psychoactive substance use  and self-harming behaviors. An online questionnaire was used recruiting 1,763  Hungarian adult participants (66.42% male, M(age)  = 37.2 years, SD = 11.4). Linear  and binary logistic regressions were performed to investigate the contribution of  celebrity worship to psychoactive substance use and self-harming behaviors for males  and females. It was found that higher celebrity worship levels consistently  predicted intentional self-injury and suicide attempts for both genders. Generally  high levels of celebrity worship also predicted drunkenness and the use of illicit  drugs and sedatives or tranquilizers for nonmedical purpose among males, while these  behaviors were predicted only by excessive levels of celebrity worship among  females. However, the explanatory power of celebrity worship for psychoactive  substance use and self-harming behaviors was small for both genders (below 5%),  indicating that these health-risk behaviors are largely independent of celebrity  admiration. The present findings also suggest that individuals with excessive  celebrity worship are more likely to encounter severe, potentially life-threatening  excesses than more benign forms of maladaptive behaviors relating to substance use.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2352-8532",
doi="10.1016/j.abrep.2020.100319",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.abrep.2020.100319"
}