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Table 1 Descriptive statistics and pearson correlations among all study variables

From: The absorption-addiction model of celebrity worship: in search of a broader theoretical foundation

 

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

1. CAS Total

–

        

2. MSES Total

0.20***

–

       

3. MSES Emp

0.19***

0.83***

–

      

4. MSES Meaning

0.14**

0.86***

0.66***

–

     

5. MSES Relate

0.10

0.80***

0.59***

0.64***

–

    

6. MSES Spirit

0.20***

0.75***

0.47***

0.48***

0.41***

–

   

7. HP

0.03

-0.09

-0.04

-0.10*

-0.13*

-0.02

–

  

8. OP

0.24***

0.24***

0.22***

0.22***

0.18***

0.17**

0.14**

–

 

9. Extremism

0.36***

0.28***

0.27***

0.17**

0.30***

0.19***

0.05

0.32**

–

Range

25–99

0–96

0–24

0–24

0–24

0–24

1–7

1–7

12–84

Mean

60.12

24.89

8.11

5.37

6.09

5.33

5.50

3.25

48.80

SD

13.63

20.10

6.05

6.75

5.82

6.25

1.12

1.58

13.79

Skewness

0.01

0.96

0.62

1.32

1.00

1.33

-1.05

0.33

-0.16

Kurtosis

-0.34

0.48

-0.41

0.98

0.25

0.68

1.96

-0.71

-0.51

Cronbach’s α

0.88

0.94

0.87

0.94

0.88

0.92

0.83

0.84

0.90

McDonald ω

0.88

0.93

0.87

0.94

0.89

0.92

0.83

0.84

0.91

  1. Note. ***p < 0.001; **p < 0.01; *p < 0.05
  2. CAS = Celebrity Attitude Scale; MSES = Multidimensional Sense of Emptiness Scale; Emp = Sense of Inner Emptiness; Meaning = Sense of Meaninglessness; Relate = Sense of Absence of Relatedness; Spirit = Sense of Spiritual Emptiness; HP = Harmonious Passion; OP = Obsessive Passion; SD = Standard Deviation
  3. The total number of observations was N = 397 for the MSES variables, N = 398 for HP and OP, and N = 399 for all other variables
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