How Celebrity Obsession Affects College Students' Happiness in China

The Study

• Participants: 1103 college students in China
• Focus: Celebrity worship habits and life satisfaction

Key Findings

Network Analysis

• Connections: Most connections between different aspects of celebrity worship were strong.
• Implication: One part of celebrity worship can easily influence another.

Important Aspects

• Entertainment-Social Behavior: Most important part of celebrity worship.
• Includes obsession with every detail of a celebrity's life.
• Borderline-Pathological Beliefs: Most important when relating to happiness.
• Almost obsessive beliefs about celebrities.

Impact on Happiness

• Shame: Borderline-pathological beliefs strongly connected to feelings of shame.
• Life Satisfaction: These beliefs are the main link to lower life satisfaction and more negative feelings.

Recommendations

• System Approach: Look at celebrity worship as a system, not as a whole.
• Focus Areas: Target the most important parts of the system, like borderline-pathological beliefs, to help struggling students.