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

Authors

  • 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 II Department of Psychology, Coastal Carolina University

Keywords:

authenticity, realness, celebrity attitude, authentic living, celebrity worship

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.

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Published

2022-12-06

How to Cite

Lynn E. McCutcheon, Lillian Donohue, Joshua L. Williams, Sarah K. Nielsen, Scott Peterson, & Terry F. Pettijohn II. (2022). Further Validation of the Realness Scale: Are Celebrity Worshipers Unreal?. tudies in ocial cience ∓ umanities, 1(5), 64–71. etrieved from https://www.paradigmpress.org/SSSH/article/view/346

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 5 (2022): December

Section

Articles