People who are quick to see themselves as victims of unfair treatment may be more likely to believe in conspiracy theories 🤔🕵️♂️, according to a massive international study.
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Sense of personal victimhood linked to conspiracy thinking in large international study
A massive 15-country study suggests that people who are highly sensitive to personal injustice are more likely to believe in conspiracy theories — including claims about climate change and vaccines — regardless of broader societal histories of conflict or…
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✨ A new study in Personality and Individual Differences links a persistent "victim mentality" (Tendency for Interpersonal Victimhood) to vulnerable narcissism and emotional instability.
📊 Researchers studied 400 adults in Canada, finding that the tendency to feel victimized is strongly tied to vulnerable narcissism and neuroticism (emotional instability).
🗣️ Publicly signaling victimhood is linked to both vulnerable narcissism (mediated by feeling victimized) and grandiose narcissism (directly, for attention).
🤔 The study emphasizes that this research is not political and should not be used to dismiss or target individuals with actual victimization histories. It aims to inform about potentially harmful personality traits.
#Psychology #Narcissism #VictimMentality
📊 Researchers studied 400 adults in Canada, finding that the tendency to feel victimized is strongly tied to vulnerable narcissism and neuroticism (emotional instability).
🗣️ Publicly signaling victimhood is linked to both vulnerable narcissism (mediated by feeling victimized) and grandiose narcissism (directly, for attention).
🤔 The study emphasizes that this research is not political and should not be used to dismiss or target individuals with actual victimization histories. It aims to inform about potentially harmful personality traits.
#Psychology #Narcissism #VictimMentality
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