Do Worshipping Celebrities Correlates With Body Image Problem? Correlation Study Among Adolescent Girls

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to empirically examine relationship between celebrity worship and body image on adolescent girls. This study was done using quantitative method with 288 samples of adolescent girls who idolize female celebrity. Hypothesis was analyzed using pearson-product moment correlation. The results showed that all three dimensions of celebrity worship positively correlated with body image. However, mild pathological dimension of celebrity worship had the strongest relationship with body image with coefficient r = 0,234 and significancy of 0,000 (p<0,01).