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Psychopaths Drink Their Coffee Black, Study Finds

posted by n1 on Friday June 23 2017, @08:46AM   
from the just-like-my-metal dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

If you like your coffee black, you may be someone who prefers strong flavours, takes good care of their health, or just wants to drink their coffee the way it’s supposed to be drunk. 

Or, you may be a psychopath.

At least, that’s according to a new study published in the journal Appetite, which found a correlation between a love of black coffee and sadist or psychopathic tendencies.

The research surveyed more than 1,000 adults, asking them to give their food and flavour preferences. The participants then took a series of personality tests assessing antisocial personality traits, such as sadism, narcissism and psychopathy. 

The study, carried out by researchers at the University of Innsbruck, found that a preference for bitter flavours was linked to psychopathic behaviour.

The study missed a key, deciding factor: the coffee that psychopaths drink black is instant.

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• Re:Possible causal relationship (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 23 2017, @12:14PM

  by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 23 2017, @12:14PM (#529984)

  Psychopaths are more likely to be financially well off, as they have no problem exploiting other people to achieve wealth.

  "psychopathic behaviour" as defined by the DSM is "anti-social personality disorder". Without a link to the actual paper we cannot be sure how they controlled for the tests. In contrast to psychopaths, many sociopaths present as so anxious, impulsive and quick to play victim when their aggression is challenged that anybody with any common sense avoids them completely. These individuals are the dregs of society and can rarely afford expensive coffee or anything else. This inverse correlation of yours seems highly unlikely.

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