Narcissists and Psychopaths Are More Likely to Refuse to Wear Masks, Says New Research

Newsweek ^ | 22 July 2020 | ANDREW WHALEN

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

Two recent studies looked at the relationship between personality traits and reactions to restrictions put in place to slow the spread of the coronavirus COVID-19. Researchers found that people possessing so-called "Dark Triad" traits—narcissism, psychopathy and Machiavellianism—were less likely to comply with restrictions or engage in preventative measures against the pandemic. However, researchers also emphasized the small role personality traits have in the overall response to pandemic restrictions, like face-mask mandates and social-distancing requirements.

Both studies, which, combined, surveyed more than a thousand people in Poland, were published in the peer-reviewed academic journal Personality and Individual Differences. In "Adaptive and maladaptive behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic: The role of Dark Triad traits, collective narcissism, and health beliefs," researchers Bartłomiej Nowaka and Paweł Brzóskaa of the SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities in Poland, along with co-authors at other universities, surveyed 755 people between the ages of 18 and 78 in the second half of March—in the third and fourth weeks of government pandemic restrictions.

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While psychopaths and narcissists may be less likely to comply with coronavirus restrictions, the evidence doesn't suggest that personality disorders are to blame for social-distancing failures and mask-mandate pushback.

[Vaduz]

Or California

[DoodleBob]

Ah, another one of my AntiMask Zealot overlords. Thank you for the reply.

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

Thank God I’m only a sociopath!

ROFL

[dhs12345]

Yes. I agree. And businesses, for the most part, are afraid of the government pulling their licenses.

[StAntKnee]

I’m old enough to remember that a the rioters, thugs, looters, arsonists were the ones wearing masks.