Adolescent Idolatry Attitude And Personality And Mental Health Relationship

The adolescents idol(or celebrity) worship is the universal social phenomenon. In real life, due to extreme idol worship from the vicious incidents have occurred, and about the idol worship of empirical research in China is not a lot.This study will examine the idol worship of secondary school students and college students and explore the idol impact of idol worship attitude and personality to the mental health, analyze psychological basis of the idol worship,and provide a theoretical basis and scientific information to the mental health education.This study selected middle and high school and college students a total of 505 students as subjects, using a questionnaire survey of the scientific method and approach - event-related potential analysis, inspected the relationship of between idol worship attitude, personality,and mental health. This study from the three-part study on this issue.First of all, the idol worship of Investigation, found that the main reason of the adolescent idol worship idols is the substantial appreciation. Specifically including: personality humor funny; wise, smart, public-spirited, caring in their areas of great achievement; talented. The idol worship of college students in substantial appreciation increased significantly than the secondary school students, but superfical appreciation have decreased significantly than the secondary school students. The positive impact of idol worship is "recreation" and "life more fun," and "ease the pressure"and "inspirational."The negative impact of idol worship, including "love TV," "waste too much time", "spend too much money", "class distraction." Some young people considered idol worship will not have adversely affect.The second part, young people from idol worship attitude and personality and mental health research, research shows that fans will participate in the songs of young people - idol worship song group than non-fans will be young people - non-idol worship group showed a higher level The idol worship, and also more prone to acts of a sick idol worship. Idol worship group of young mental health than non-idol worship group to poor, and in the body, interpersonal sensitivity, depression, paranoia, psychosis and other psychological problems. In personality characteristics, the idol worship groups show high extraversion, high neuroticism and high spirit of personality characteristics. Idol worship in the gender aspects of girls than boys more likely a high level of idol worship - Sick of idol worship. In the development of young people in particular junior high school stage of the young people more vulnerable to acts of idol worship. The different levels of education will affect their mental health. The mental health of college students than high school and middle school students. Youth idol worship attitude and personality characteristics and mental health was significantly related. Mental health can directly affect the attitude of idol worship, can also nervousness, the spirit of personality characteristics, such as an intermediary, the indirect effects of idol worship attitude.The last, by use of scientific research methods (ERP) found that the neural activities basis of the idol worship and emotions are closely related.