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Blue_true

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Sun Aug 23, 2020, 05:13 PM Aug 2020

Interesting article from Newsweek.


A study found that sociopaths are most likely to refuse to wear a mask. Sort of confirms what many of us suspected.

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Sociopaths Are More Likely to Refuse Wearing a Mask, Study Finds
August 23, 2020

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A new study from Brazil has found that people with sociopathic traits are more likely to not comply with mask-wearing and other measures to limit the spread of coronavirus.

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The study investigated the relationship between antisocial personality traits and compliance with COVID-19 measures using a sample of 1,578 Brazilian adults aged between 18 and 73.
Between May 21 and June 29, participants completed a test that assessed maladaptive personality traits as well as assessments on apathy and compliance with coronavirus-related measures. The findings were published in the journal Personality and Individual Differences.
The researchers found that those who had higher scores in traits including callousness, deceitfulness, hostility, impulsivity, irresponsibility, manipulativeness and risk-taking tended to be less compliant with COVID-19 containment measures, such as mask-wearing, hand-washing and social distancing.
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Interesting article from Newsweek. (Original Post) Blue_true Aug 2020 OP
This is interesting AND I'm glad you didn't link to the article after Newsweek's birther bullshit. Squinch Aug 2020 #1
Imagine that... 2naSalit Aug 2020 #2
Stands to reason. dchill Aug 2020 #3
I call it, "You aren't the boss of me" syndrome. LakeArenal Aug 2020 #4
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