“…However, nearly 2 decades of research on celebrity worship has provided compelling evidence for the negative psychological correlates of high levels of celebrity worship (see Brooks, 2018 for a review). For instance, celebrity worship has been associated with poor mental health (Maltby, McCutcheon, Ashe, & Houran, 2001), lower self-esteem (Reeves, Baker, & Truluck, 2012), social and cognitive deficits (Cheung & Yue, 2011; Collisson, Browne, McCutcheon, Britt, & Browne, 2018; McCutcheon, Ashe, Houran, & Maltby, 2003; Scharf & Levy, 2015), and compulsive behaviors (Reeves et al, 2012; Zsila, McCutcheon, & Demetrovics, 2018). Recently, some specific social media use characteristics (e.g., frequency of visiting the favorite celebrity’s page, the number of likes) have also been associated with high levels of celebrity worship (Reeves, Lemons, Clements, Gountas, & Gountas, 2013).…”