Further Validation of the Realness Scale: Are Celebrity Worshipers Unreal?

Lynn E. McCutcheon, Lillian Donohue, Joshua L. Williams, Sarah K. Nielsen, Scott Peterson and Terry F. Pettijohn
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Lynn E. McCutcheon: North American Journal of Psychology
Lillian Donohue: Department of Psychology, Georgia Southern University
Joshua L. Williams: Department of Psychology, Georgia Southern University
Sarah K. Nielsen: Department of Psychology, High Point University
Scott Peterson: Department of Psychology, Southwest Minnesota State University
Terry F. Pettijohn: Department of Psychology, Coastal Carolina University

Studies in Social Science & Humanities, 2022, vol. 1, issue 5, 64-71

Abstract: We administered the Realness Scale (RS), Celebrity Attitude Scale (CAS), and the modified Authentic Living Subscale (ALS) from the Authenticity Scale (AS) to undergraduate students from four American institutions of higher learning. We sought to further validate the RS by showing that it correlated positively with the ALS and negatively with the CAS. We also hypothesized that African Americans would score lower than Whites on the RS. Our results supported the first hypothesis, but we found only weak or non-existent support for the other two hypotheses. Discussion focused on reasons why our latter two hypotheses yielded mostly negative results and suggested improvements for future research.

Keywords: authenticity; realness; celebrity attitude; authentic living; celebrity worship (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.56397/SSSH.2022.12.06

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