Mark Schaller's Study About Fame For many people fame has lead to physical and psychological self-destruction. The physical aspect of the self-destruction is usually brought upon by drug and/or alcohol abuse. The psychological destruction is not so easily accompanied with a reason. The result, however, is commonly a drastic change in both personality and social behavior. Combining information from several studies and articles, this paper discusses the possible reasons and results of the psychological destructiveness of fame. Fame is, as described by The Random House College Dictionary(1982), "widespread reputation, especially of a favorable character," and also gives the synonym, "celebrity." In a study done by Mark Schaller(1997) three famous people were investigated. One of these people was Kurt Cobain, the lead singer and writer for a popular ba....

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