Virtue-signaling and victimhood-claiming linked to Dark Triad personality traits
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https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/after-service/202008/dark-personalities-are-more-likely-signal-victimhood
The whole article is worth reading. A few quotes:
>A new study led by Ekin Ok at the University of British Columbia has found people who signal virtue and victimhood are more likely to have dark triad personality traits. [narcissism, manipulativeness, psychopathy]
>They found that Victim Signaling scores highly correlated with dark triad scores (r = .35). This association held after controlling for gender, ethnicity, income, and other factors that might make people vulnerable to mistreatment. They also found that Virtue Signaling was significantly correlated with dark triad scores (r = .18).
>They replicated this association in a follow-up study. This time they used a different, more robust, dark triad scale. They then found a stronger correlation between the dark triad traits and victim signaling (r = .52). The researchers also found that victim signaling negatively correlated (r = -.38) with Honesty-Humility... This suggests that victim signalers may be greedier and less honest than those who do not signal victimhood.
>...they also had participants play a game. ...participants could easily cheat. ... Victim signalers were more likely to cheat... these results held after controlling for ethnicity, gender, income, and other factors.
>The researchers then ran a study testing whether people who score highly on victim signaling were more likely to exaggerate reports of mistreatment from a colleague to gain an advantage over them. ... Victim signalers were more likely to exaggerate the negative qualities of their competitor. ... They were more likely to agree that the intern “Made demeaning or derogatory remarks,” or “Put you down in front of coworkers.” Nothing in the description of their colleague indicated that they performed these actions. But victim signalers were more likely to report that they did.
The whole article is worth reading. A few quotes:
>A new study led by Ekin Ok at the University of British Columbia has found people who signal virtue and victimhood are more likely to have dark triad personality traits. [narcissism, manipulativeness, psychopathy]
>They found that Victim Signaling scores highly correlated with dark triad scores (r = .35). This association held after controlling for gender, ethnicity, income, and other factors that might make people vulnerable to mistreatment. They also found that Virtue Signaling was significantly correlated with dark triad scores (r = .18).
>They replicated this association in a follow-up study. This time they used a different, more robust, dark triad scale. They then found a stronger correlation between the dark triad traits and victim signaling (r = .52). The researchers also found that victim signaling negatively correlated (r = -.38) with Honesty-Humility... This suggests that victim signalers may be greedier and less honest than those who do not signal victimhood.
>...they also had participants play a game. ...participants could easily cheat. ... Victim signalers were more likely to cheat... these results held after controlling for ethnicity, gender, income, and other factors.
>The researchers then ran a study testing whether people who score highly on victim signaling were more likely to exaggerate reports of mistreatment from a colleague to gain an advantage over them. ... Victim signalers were more likely to exaggerate the negative qualities of their competitor. ... They were more likely to agree that the intern “Made demeaning or derogatory remarks,” or “Put you down in front of coworkers.” Nothing in the description of their colleague indicated that they performed these actions. But victim signalers were more likely to report that they did.
