Document Type : Original research study
Authors
1 Department of Physical Education, Birjand Branch, Islamic Azad University, Birjand, Iran.
2 Department of physical Education and sport science,birjand branch, Islamic Azad University, Birjand, Iran
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the association between psychologically symptoms and celebrity worship by the mediating role of desire for fame and maladaptive daydreaming on the national Taekwondo champions. The present study was a descriptive correlational study. The statistical population of taekwondo playeres with participating experience in the national taekwondo championships and championship history was formed that 336 people (296 girls and 40 boys) were selected by random cluster sampling. Data were collected by using the Vanesa Baneules’ celebrity worship, the Terluin’s psychologically symptoms, Vanesa Baneules’ desire for fame, and Sumers’ maladaptive daydreaming Questionnaire. Data analysis was performed by using Pearson correlation coefficient and structural equation analysis. The results of data analysis showed that psychologically symptoms (Anxiety, depression, worry, physical symptoms) have a positive and significant effect on celebrity worship by the mediating role of desire for fame and maladaptive daydreaming on the national Taekwondo champions. According to the results, Due to the poor social skills of celebrity worshipers that cause symptoms of anxiety and depression in them, a set of psychological skills training activities by the Taekwondo Federation in the form of mental skills training workshops and psychological counseling to adolescents to realize their existence so Strengthen self-reliance in them, suggested
Keywords
- Celebrity Worship
- desire for fame
- maladaptive daydreaming
- psychologically symptoms
- Taekwondo players
Main Subjects
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