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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: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 26 2020, @05:28PM (9 children)
In the case of AIDS, all you had to avoid was taking a load of cum your rectum from a penis and not share needles with your druggy buddies. That's it. It never was and is not now a threat to anyone else in the US. (Historical exception: before good blood screening, you could catch if from a blood transfusion.)
People in positions of influence tried to propagandize that this was a disease everybody had to worry about, but it wasn't true. (See Dr. Fauci. Oh damn, he's back at scaremongering AGAIN!)
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 26 2020, @05:45PM (5 children)
Homoohobic dipshit, plenty of heteros had aids too.
(Score: 1, Offtopic) by The Mighty Buzzard on Sunday July 26 2020, @08:01PM
None of them matter compared to Freddy Mercury though.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2) by hendrikboom on Sunday July 26 2020, @09:52PM (2 children)
Yes, and if AIDS was God's punishment, then monosexual lesbians must be among God's chosen.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 26 2020, @10:11PM
It's true. God loves lesbians.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 27 2020, @12:21AM
It's because lesbians don't have sex. They just rub each other, i.e., mutual masturbation.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 27 2020, @12:27AM
No, plenty of heteros DID NOT get AIDS -- aside from druggies sharing IV needles as I said or people who take a cum load up the ass.
Think about it: there is still no vaccine for HIV to this day. Who in the USA gets AIDS? Aside from gays and druggies, basically nobody. It's a non-issue. Look up the damn stats. Now that the hype has died down and we have 40 years of data to go on, do straight people even fear HIV? Do doctors target straight people for HIV awareness? Of course not. They target the rump wranglers and druggies.
(Score: 2) by bzipitidoo on Sunday July 26 2020, @07:13PM (2 children)
When the doctors suggest measures to deal with an ongoing pandemic, that's scaremongering? When social conservatives cry that the Mexicans are coming for our jobs and our women, that's, what? Not scaremongering?
And the solutions? Wear masks and practice social distancing. Works well. In contrast, a wall is only a little effective, certainly not effective enough to be worth the cost. Lots of other downsides too, not least that the problem was wrongly diagnosed and characterized. Worse, the misdiagnosis was done on purpose, to legitimize the theft of public funds to overpay corrupt contractors with ties to the politicians responsible for this wasteful spending.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Sunday July 26 2020, @08:04PM
When doctors suggest measures that are astoundingly out of line with any other disease of comparable fatality rate? Per case or total for the year, either one? Yeah, scaremongering.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 27 2020, @12:31AM
Don't forget the most important reason: the Left has tried everything and failed to oust Trump as president. This is an election year, so the remaining strategy is to put the nation into a fearful state of chaos with COVID and the riots (sorry, PROTESTS) and to tank the economy so they can be elected to "fix" the damage they created. Truth.