Posted on 12/13/2020 3:58:18 PM PST by CheshireTheCat
Researchers have defined a new personality construct to describe individuals who consistently see themselves as victims.
The research, published in Personality and Individual Differences, defined Tendency for Interpersonal Victimhood, or TIV, as “an enduring feeling that the self is a victim across different kinds of interpersonal relationships.”
Rahav Gabay of Israel’s School of Psychological Sciences and her team of researchers conducted a series of eight studies of Israeli adults to explore the validity of the personality trait. The initial studies showed that TIV possesses four dimensions: moral elitism, a lack of empathy, the need for recognition, and rumination.
Two other studies found that the desire for revenge factored into TIV as well as intense negative emotions and entitlement to commit immoral behavior...
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
There is more to it than that.
There is also Tendency for Interpersonal Victimhood, or TIV, *by proxy*
That is, they less see themselves as victims, than someone else, most likely a group as being victimized; so it is up to them to stand up for these victims without being asked to.
For example, a white person approaches another white person who has dreadlocks, and accuses them of “cultural appropriation.”
If you think about it, there are a LOT of liberals who have TIV(p). Perhaps the majority.
It’s not you. It’s me.
The description of someone as a jerk or evil is inadequate because it lacks detail, precision, and reliability. Courts and penal authorities need more in order to make coherent sentencing, confinement, and treatment decisions.
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