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The growing fascination with celebrities in recent years has raised many questions about the emotional and personality characteristics of those who follow celebrities closely. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between dark triad personality traits, obsession with celebrities, and struggles with emotional control, with the latter serving as a mediating factor.
The statistical population of the study consisted of all students enrolled at public universities in Tehran during the academic year of 1402. Of these, 457 male and female students were selected through online student networks. The Celebrity Attitude scale (McCutcheon et al., 2002), the Dirty Dozen scale (Jonason & Webster, 2010), and the Brief Version of the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation scale (Bjureberg et al., 2016) were used to collect data and were analyzed using structural equation modeling.
The results of structural equation modeling showed that dark triad personality traits are not directly related to obsession with celebrities, while difficulty in emotion regulation significantly mediates this relationship (b=0.601, p<0.05).
Based on the results of the research, it can be concluded that the dark triad of personality is not necessarily associated with an obsession with celebrities. Instead, emotion regulation problems in people with higher levels of dark personality traits can be a determining factor in increasing their fascination with celebrities.

The present study aimed to investigate the influence of metacognitive beliefs on the relationship between the dark triad of personality and smartphone addiction among universities students. The research method was descriptive-correlational using structural equation modeling. The statistical population consisted of all universities students with the age range of 18-35 years in Tehran city in 2023. A sample of 457 students was selected using the voluntarily sampling method, and responded to the Dirty Dozen Scale, the Metacognitive Beliefs Questionnaire, and the Smartphone Addiction Scale. Pearson’s correlation method and structural equation modeling were used for the statistical data analysis. The results showed that the dark triad of personality had a positive and significant relationship with smartphone addiction, and metacognitive beliefs mediated this relationship significantly. The research findings emphasizing the importance of metacognition in conjunction with dark personality traits showed that metacognitive beliefs played a fundamental role in the tendency to become addicted to smartphones. Therefore, it is suggested that designing interventions based on metacognition should be considered in the treatment of smartphone addiction.

The significant increase in fascination with celebrities and social media platform like Instagram in recent years have led to questions about the characteristics and emotional expression patterns of  followers and users.  The present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the relationship between the difficulty in emotion regulation and celebrity worship with the mediating role of Instagram addiction. All students enrolled at public universities in Tehran during the academic year of 1402 made up the statistical population of the study. Of these, 462 men and women were chosen via student social networks. The Celebrity Attitude scale (McCutcheon et al., 2002), the brief version of the difficulties in emotion regulation scale (Bjureberg et al., 2016), and the Instagram Addiction scale (Andreassen et al., 2012) were used to collect data and were examined using the structural equation modeling method. The results demonstrated that the celebrity worship has a direct and significant association with the difficulty in emotion regulation, with the Instagram addiction serving as the mediator of this relationship. (β= 0/048, p< 0/05). The research findings suggest a link between emotion regulation problems and an increased fascination with celebrities. Moreover, the use of platforms like Instagram can further facilitate this connection by providing more opportunities to engage with celebrities and develop parasocial relationships.