Setting a Bad Example: Peer, Parental, and Celebrity Norms Predict Celebrity Bashing

Gaelle Ouvrein; Sara Pabian; Juan Manuel Machimbarrena; Sara Erreygers; Charlotte J. S. De Backer; Heidi Vandebosch

doi:10.1177/0272431618797010

Setting a Bad Example: Peer, Parental, and Celebrity Norms Predict Celebrity Bashing

Gaelle Ouvrein^*, Sara Pabian, Juan Manuel Machimbarrena, Sara Erreygers, Charlotte J. S. De Backer, Heidi Vandebosch

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The present study investigated the effect of descriptive and injunctive norms of peers, parents, and favorite celebrities on adolescents' negative online behavior toward celebrities. The sample consisted of 1,255 adolescents ((X) over bar (age) = 14.17, SD = 0.47). Adolescents indicated what their peers, parents, and favorite celebrities think of celebrity bashing (injunctive norms) and whether they engage in it (descriptive norms). The adolescents also indicated how often they had participated in negative online behavior toward celebrities and peers. The results revealed that compared with injunctive norms, descriptive norms are better predictors of adolescents' negative online behavior toward celebrities. Focusing on the different role models, the impact of peers was the strongest for both mild and severe forms of celebrity aggression. Moreover, the results showed that adolescents who engage in negative online behavior directed at celebrities are likely to do the same regarding peers.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	937-961
Number of pages	25
Journal	The Journal of Early Adolescence
Volume	39
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0272431618797010
Publication status	Published - Aug 2019
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

celebrity bashing
cyberbullying
descriptive and injunctive norms
adolescents
role models
SELF-DETERMINATION THEORY
SOCIAL-LEARNING THEORY
PLANNED BEHAVIOR
SUBJECTIVE NORMS
MEDIA
PERPETRATION
ASSOCIATIONS
ATTACHMENT
DRINKING
IMPACT

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Setting a Bad Example: Peer, Parental, and Celebrity Norms Predict Celebrity Bashing

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