Attitudes about Celebrities among Young Delinquent Males in India

Our objective was to find out how delinquent males viewed relationships with their favorite celebrities, since the celebrity preferences of such a population had never previously been studied. We administered the Celebrity Attitude Scale (CAS) to 81 juvenile delinquent boys from the province of Tami...

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Published inNorth American journal of psychology Vol. 25; no. 3; pp. 427 - 435
Main Authors Sekar, Devi, Bhuvaneswari, Mohanraj, McCutcheon, Lynn E
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Winter Garden North American Journal of Psychology 01.09.2023
Subjects
Age
Attitudes
Celebrities
Children & youth
College students
Hypotheses
Juvenile offenders
Laws, regulations and rules
Males
Minors
Parents & parenting
Public opinion
Teenagers
India
United States > US
Tamil Nadu India
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Summary:Our objective was to find out how delinquent males viewed relationships with their favorite celebrities, since the celebrity preferences of such a population had never previously been studied. We administered the Celebrity Attitude Scale (CAS) to 81 juvenile delinquent boys from the province of Tamil Nadu in India who had been or were currently in trouble with the law, and a control group of 38 juveniles who had not been in trouble. The delinquent boys had been sent to Observation Homes or Special Homes by the Government of Tamil Nadu, India. Demographics for both groups were presented. We found that the delinquent juveniles scored significantly lower on the CAS than the non- delinquent juveniles and that age did not correlate significantly with CAS scores for either group. We also found that CAS scores for the non-delinquent sample were much higher than previously recorded scores for samples outside the United States, suggesting that strong admiration for a favorite celebrity is stronger and occurs earlier than previously believed. Reasons for these unexpected findings were discussed.
ISSN:1527-7143