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New research has found that people with "dark" personality characteristics, such as psychopathy and narcissism, are less likely to comply with efforts to impede the spread of the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 and more likely to stockpile goods such as food and toilet paper.
Two new studies, both published in the journal Personality and Individual Differences, reinforce previous findings that the "Dark Triad" of narcissism, psychopathy, and Machiavellianism is associated with ignoring preventative COVID-19 measures.
But the new research indicates that health beliefs and situational perceptions may play a more important role than personality traits alone.
Dark Enlightenment, or Dark Triads?
Journal References:
Bartlomiej Nowak, Pawel Brzoska, Jarosław Piotrowski, et al. Adaptive and maladaptive behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic: The roles of Dark Triad traits, collective narcissism, and health beliefs, Personality and Individual Differences (DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2020.110232)
Marcin Zajenkowski, Peter K. Jonason, Maria Leniarska, et al. Who complies with the restrictions to reduce the spread of COVID-19?: Personality and perceptions of the COVID-19 situation [open], Personality and Individual Differences (DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2020.110199)
(Score: 5, Interesting) by TheReaperD on Sunday July 26 2020, @11:11AM (3 children)
Yea, but the point of research like this is to not assume our biases are correct and instead, by scientific method, prove them right or wrong. They sound like a waste of time, and most are, but they're have been some surprises from research like this that make this worth doing.
Ad eundum quo nemo ante iit
(Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 26 2020, @03:10PM
I like it better when everything is just, like your opinion man. You believe in viruses, I believe in prayer shields. Call it 50-50.
(Score: 2) by Subsentient on Sunday July 26 2020, @11:10PM (1 child)
Perhaps, but it's hardly newsworthy when their findings are exactly what everyone already knew.
"It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society." -Jiddu Krishnamurti
(Score: 2) by meustrus on Monday July 27 2020, @03:58PM
Sure, the narcissists know who they are, and everyone else knows who they are. And yet, this is newsworthy, precisely because we didn't know.
How could we not know? Well, we do, there' just been a lot of pro-narcissist propaganda lately. "Reasons" why not wearing a mask actually makes you a hero instead of an asshole.
The propaganda is infiltrating our thoughts patterns to the point where we need to spend real time and real resources proving things we ought to already know. Just because we got confused and started asking ourselves, "Is it really just assholes? Am I missing something?"
No, you're not missing something. It's really just assholes. Reality didn't change just because they figured out how to weaponize the news cycle. We could use more proof of that these days.
If there isn't at least one reference or primary source, it's not +1 Informative. Maybe the underused +1 Interesting?