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https://www.psypost.org/2020/06/psychopathic-traits-linked-to-non-compliance-with-social-distancing-guidelines-amid-the-coronavirus-pandemic-56980The study has been peer reviewed and accepted for publication in the journal Social Psychology and Personality Science. It is currently available on the PsyArXiv preprint website.
On March 31, 2020, Dr. Deborah Birx, the coordinator of the U.S. governments Coronavirus Task Force, said, Theres no magic bullet. Theres no magic vaccine or therapy. Its just behaviors. Each of our behaviors, translating into something that changes the course of this viral pandemic over the next 30 days. My experience as a psychological scientist as well as a practicing psychologist has convinced me that the importance of psychology and behavior in the prevention and management of a wide range of health problems is enormous, said study author Pavel S. Blagov, an associate professor and director of the Personality Laboratory at Whitman College.
This includes personality, or the study of important ways in which people differ. It was clear from reports in the media very early in the COVID-19 pandemic that some people were rejecting advice to socially distance and engage in increased hygiene. There can be many reasons for this, and I thought that personality may play at least a small role in it.
I knew that traits from the so-called Dark Triad (narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy) as well as the traits subsumed within psychopathy are linked to health risk behavior and health problems, and I expected them to be implicated in health behaviors during the pandemic. There is also prior research suggesting that people high on the Dark Triad traits may knowingly and even deliberately put other peoples health at risk, e.g., by engaging in risky sexual behavior and not telling their partner about having HIV or STIs, Blagov told PsyPost.
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)The reason they adore him is because they are the same kind of batsh*t crazy.
They recognize each other.
I_UndergroundPanther
(12,496 posts)Always form cliques and prey on people like deranged wolves. The cliques have a strict hierarchy these little fiefdoms,they cover each other's ass and act out thier sick agendas in those cliques too. Starts out as a bully gang becomes the republican gang as they age.
Mopar151
(10,006 posts)I read "Odd Girl Out" (Rachel Simmons), in an attempt to understand some very "difficult" co-workers. You probably have, too. She describes the "mean girl" hierarchies very well.
I have an addendum to her theories: Somewhere around puberty, "Boy Bullying" gets too dangerous for the bullies! Both legally, as "juvenile justice" gets replaced with arrests, and physically, as their victims develop physical strength and the willingness to use weapons. So, what do bullies do to protect themselves? They adopt "mean girl" tactics, across the board. As many are whining cowards "IRL", they take to bullying by gossip and "making trouble" for their victims - while blaming the victims, of course....
if you literally do not care about other people, Trump is your man
I_UndergroundPanther
(12,496 posts)And true it is,apparently.
I hate dark triad assholes.
idziak4ever1234
(1,257 posts)Explain the rabid reverence and loyalty they show to trump who is, himself, the embodiment of anti-social pathology.
ChoppinBroccoli
(3,786 posts)JUST TODAY, I saw an anti-masker claim that their refusal to wear a mask doesn't mean they don't care about other people, or that they don't respect other people, they just "think your fear is your own problem," (this statement was jaw-droppingly arrogant) AND that if THEY have to wear a mask to protect US, then WE should have to carry a gun to protect THEM.
Their arguments are becoming dumber by the day.
Hugin
(33,222 posts)Positions of wealth and power in the US for decades.
Empathy and compassion of any sort and especially when displayed to other Americans is seen as a weakness.
We're overrun with the cra-cra.