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Identity Achievement and Idol Worship among Teenagers in Hong Kong

Chau-kiu Cheung Department of Applied Social Studies, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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Xiao Dong Yue Department of Applied Social Studies, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Pages 1-26 | Published online: 27 Mar 2012

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Ramendra Pratap Singh & Neelotpaul Banerjee. (2019) Exploring the Influence of Celebrity Worship on Brand Attitude, Advertisement Attitude, and Purchase Intention. Journal of Promotion Management 25:2, pages 225-251.
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Chau-kiu Cheung & Xiao Dong Yue. (2012) Idol worship as compensation for parental absence. International Journal of Adolescence and Youth 17:1, pages 35-46.
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Chau-Kiu Cheung & Xiao Dong Yue. (2011) Pentangular Dimensions of Chinese Adolescents' Idol Worship. International Journal of Adolescence and Youth 16:3, pages 225-244.
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Lorraine Sheridan, Adrian North, John Maltby & Raphael Gillett. (2007) Celebrity worship, addiction and criminality. Psychology, Crime & Law 13:6, pages 559-571.
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Chunxiao Li, Tiantian Yang, Hongxu Liu & Xiaoyi Li. (2023) A Para-Social Perspective: The Influence of Idol Worship on Fans’ Tourism Decision-Making. Journal of Travel Research.
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Samantha K. Brooks. (2018) FANatics: Systematic literature review of factors associated with celebrity worship, and suggested directions for future research. Current Psychology 40:2, pages 864-886.
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Guiling Xia, Zhaoling Qin & Jiheng Hu. 2021. Proceedings of the Fifteenth International Conference on Management Science and Engineering Management. Proceedings of the Fifteenth International Conference on Management Science and Engineering Management 715 723 .
Chau-kiu Cheung & Xiao Dong Yue. (2018) Idols as Sunshine or Road Signs: Comparing Absorption-Addiction Idolatry With Identification-Emulation Idolatry. Psychological Reports 122:2, pages 411-432.
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Richard Parncutt. (2018) Mother–infant attachment, musical idol worship, and the origins of human behaviour. Musicae Scientiae 22:4, pages 474-493.
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Chin-Siang Ang & Nee-Nee Chan. (2016) Adolescents’ Views on Celebrity Worship: A Qualitative Study. Current Psychology 37:1, pages 139-148.
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Seung-Mok Lee, Jae-Gwon Shin & Sang-Woo Lee. (2014) Factors affecting Idol Worship and Idol Worship's Mediation Effect to Purchase the Merchandises Advertised by Idol - Focusing on Women in Their Teens and Twenties. The Journal of the Korea Contents Association 14:6, pages 328-338.
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XIAO DONG YUE, MICHAEL BENDER & CHAU‐KIU CHEUNG. (2011) Who are the Best‐Known National and Foreign Creators — a Comparative Study Among Undergraduates in China and Germany. The Journal of Creative Behavior 45:1, pages 23-37.
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Xiao Dong Yue. (2011) The Chinese ambivalence to humor: Views from undergraduates in Hong Kong and China. Humor - International Journal of Humor Research 24:4.
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Viren Swami, Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Khairul Mastor, Fatin Hazwani Siran, Mohammad Mohsein Mohammad Said, Jas Jaafar, Dhachayani Sinniah & Subash K. Pillai. (2011) Celebrity Worship Among University Students in Malaysia. European Psychologist 16:4, pages 334-342.
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Xiao Dong Yue, Chau-kiu Cheung & Dennis Sing Wing Wong. (2010) From glamour-oriented idolatry to achievement-oriented idolatry: A framing experiment among adolescents in Hong Kong and Shenzhen. Asian Journal of Social Psychology 13:1, pages 1-8.
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CHAU‐KIU CHEUNG & XIAO DONG YUE. (2011) Which Chinese Creators are Famous and why: Views from Hong Kong and Mainland Chinese Students. The Journal of Creative Behavior 41:3, pages 177-196.
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Adrian C. North, Victoria Bland & Nicky Ellis. (2005) Distinguishing heroes from celebrities. British Journal of Psychology 96:1, pages 39-52.
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