Vulnerable Narcissism and Celebrity Worship: The Mediating and Moderating Role of Commitment to Parasocial Relationships.

Lawrence Locker, Joshua L Williams, Jeff Klibert

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Article in Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Lawrence LockerDepartment of Psychology, Georgia Southern University, P.O. Box 8041, Statesboro, GA 30460, USA.

Joshua L WilliamsDepartment of Criminal Justice and Criminology, Georgia Southern University, P.O. Box 8105, Statesboro, GA 30460, USA.

Jeff KlibertDepartment of Psychology, Georgia Southern University, P.O. Box 8041, Statesboro, GA 30460, USA.

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Abstract

The current study further investigated the relationship between celebrity worship and vulnerable narcissism by examining the mediating role of commitment to parasocial relationships to a celebrity or media figure. Positive relationships among the variables emerged such that greater celebrity worship was associated with higher levels of vulnerable narcissism and commitment to parasocial relationships. The degree of commitment to parasocial relationships was also positively related to levels of vulnerable narcissism. Commitment to parasocial relationships also partially mediated the relationship between vulnerable narcissism and celebrity worship. These results suggest the importance of investigating the parasocial component of celebrity worship and support prior research concerning the connection between celebrity worship and vulnerable narcissism.

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celebrity worshipparasocial relationshipsvulnerable narcissism

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PMID41897994

DOI10.3390/bs16030333

PMCPMC13024097

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