How Celebrity Obsession Affects College Students' Happiness in China

Celebrity worship is a big deal among college students in China. But what does it really do to their happiness? A recent study tried to figure this out. They gathered 1103 students and asked them about their celebrity worship habits and how happy they felt with their lives. The study used a special method called network analysis. This helped them see how different parts of celebrity worship connect to each other and how these parts relate to happiness. They found that most of the connections between different aspects of celebrity worship were strong. This means that one part of celebrity worship can easily influence another.The study also found that the most important part of celebrity worship was the entertainment-social behavior. This includes things like being obsessed with every detail of a celebrity's life. But when they looked at how this related to happiness, they found that borderline-pathological beliefs were the most important. These are beliefs that are almost obsessive. The study also found that these borderline-pathological beliefs were strongly connected to feelings of shame. This means that students who have these beliefs are more likely to feel bad about themselves. They also found that these beliefs were the main link between celebrity worship and lower life satisfaction and more negative feelings. The study suggests that instead of looking at celebrity worship as a whole, we should look at it as a system. This means that we should focus on the most important parts of the system, like borderline-pathological beliefs, to help students who are struggling with celebrity worship.