I think it links to simple emptiness inside. A lot of these people aren’t psychopathic or narcissistic, they’re just very poorly educated, spoiled brats who never developed the personal character to think independently and stand on their own good sense.
Nature abhors a void, and will fill it with something, anything.
Exactly and if that void is not filled with/by its rightful Occupant (the Holy Spirit) something unholy will take His place.