Abstract
The self-esteem and fear of negative evaluation of 77 fan-club members age 16 or below and 128 age-equivalent secondary school students who had never joined a fan club were investigated. Consistent with common observations, fan-club respondents were mostly females. Significant differences were found between the two samples. Logistic regression analysis showed that being a fan-club member was associated with poor self-esteem and strong fear of negative evaluation, while the bias toward females in the fan-club sample could be attributed to the effects of these two variables. Copyright © 1997 Author.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 687-692 |
| Journal | Adolescence |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue number | 127 |
| Publication status | Published - 1997 |