en Role of Parasocial in teraction with Narcotic-Addicted Celebrities and Worshiping them in the Prediction of Addiction Potential عمومى General پژوهشي Research <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">Given the remarkable expansion of celebrities&#39; culture, celebrities and parasocial interaction with them are among the social factors that can influence the addiction susceptibility of their fans. The present study was conducted to determine the role of parasocial interaction with narcotic-addicted celebrities and worshiping them in the prediction of addiction potential. The research design was descriptive and correlational. The population of the study consisted of male students of Guilan University in 2018. Among them, 120 people (M = 24.16, SD = 7.58) interested in narcotic-addicted celebrities were selected by purposive sampling. The Iranian addiction potential scale (</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none;text-underline:none;"><span style="color:windowtext;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">Zargar, 2006</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">), celebrity parasocial interaction scale (</span></span><a href="#Bocarnea2007"><span style="text-decoration:none;text-underline:none;"><span style="color:windowtext;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">Bocarnea and Brown, 2007</span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">), and celebrity attitude scale (</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none;text-underline:none;"><span style="color:windowtext;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">McCutcheon, Lange, & Houran, 2002</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">) constituted the data collection instruments. Finally, the data were analyzed by Pearson correlation and stepwise multiple regression. The results of this study showed a significant positive correlation between parasocial interaction with narcotic-addicted celebrities and worshiping them with addiction potential (<em>p</em> <.01). Also, the results indicated the role of parasocial interaction, celebrity worship, and its subscales, including entertainment-social, intense-personal, and borderline-pathological, in the prediction of addiction potential (<em>p</em> <.01). Considering the role and prominence of parasocial interaction with narcotic-addicted celebrities and worshiping them in addiction potential, it is likely to reduce the addiction potential by designing and providing interventions that reduce parasocial interactions with narcotic-addicted celebrities and fascination with them.<span dir="RTL"></span></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;">Given the remarkable expansion of celebrities&#39; culture, celebrities and parasocial interaction with them are among the social factors that can influence the addiction susceptibility of their fans. The present study was conducted to determine the role of parasocial interaction with narcotic-addicted celebrities and worshiping them in the prediction of addiction potential. The research design was descriptive and correlational. The population of the study consisted of male students of Guilan University in 2018. Among them, 120 people (M = 24.16, SD = 7.58) interested in narcotic-addicted celebrities were selected by purposive sampling. The Iranian addiction potential scale (Zargar, 2006), celebrity parasocial interaction scale (Bocarnea and Brown, 2007), and celebrity attitude scale (McCutcheon, Lange, & Houran, 2002) constituted the data collection instruments. Finally, the data were analyzed by Pearson correlation and stepwise multiple regression. The results of this study showed a significant positive correlation between parasocial interaction with narcotic-addicted celebrities and worshiping them with addiction potential (<em>p</em> <.01). Also, the results indicated the role of parasocial interaction, celebrity worship, and its subscales, including entertainment-social, intense-personal, and borderline-pathological, in the prediction of addiction potential (<em>p</em> <.01). Considering the role and prominence of parasocial interaction with narcotic-addicted celebrities and worshiping them in addiction potential, it is likely to reduce the addiction potential by designing and providing interventions that reduce parasocial interactions with narcotic-addicted celebrities and fascination with them.<span dir="RTL"></span></div> addiction potential, parasocial interaction, celebrity worship addiction potential, parasocial interaction, celebrity worship 163 191 http://ijpb.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-17&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Reza Shabahang Reza Shabahang 10031947532846001175 10031947532846001175 No Department of Psychology Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran. Department of Psychology Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran. Farzin Bagheri Sheykhangafshe Farzin Bagheri Sheykhangafshe 10031947532846001176 10031947532846001176 No Department of Psychology Faculty of Literature and Humanities, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran. Department of Psychology Faculty of Literature and Humanities, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran. Adeleh Yousefi Siahkoucheh Adeleh Yousefi Siahkoucheh 10031947532846001177 10031947532846001177 No Department of Psychology Faculty of Literature and Human Sciences, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran. Department of Psychology Faculty of Literature and Human Sciences, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran. Benyamin Mokhtari Chirani Benyamin Mokhtari Chirani 10031947532846001178 10031947532846001178 No Department of Psychology, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran Department of Psychology, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran Seyedeh Maryam Mousavi Seyedeh Maryam Mousavi 10031947532846001179 10031947532846001179 Yes Department of Nursing and Midwifery, Rasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Rasht, Iran. Department of Nursing and Midwifery, Rasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Rasht, Iran. Marzieh Akhavan Marzieh Akhavan 10031947532846001180 10031947532846001180 No Department of Art Studies, Faculty of Art and Architecture, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran Department of Art Studies, Faculty of Art and Architecture, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran